Synonyms of the word tomentum


TOMENTUMCAPILLARY - ENATION - FUZZ - HAIR

tomentum

  • n. (botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
  • n. (zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
  • n. (anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.

capillary

  • adj. of or pertaining to hair.
  • adj. pertaining to a narrow tube.
  • adj. of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
  • n. A narrow tube.
  • n. (anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins.

enation

  • n. (botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
  • n. (botany, uncountable) The generation of such an outgrowth.

fuzz

  • n. A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
  • n. Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
  • n. (computing) The random data used in fuzz testing.
  • n. A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
  • n. A state of befuddlement.
  • v. (transitive) To make fuzzy.
  • v. (intransitive) To become fuzzy.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To make drunk.
  • v. (computing) To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.
  • n. (slang, with "the") The police.

hair

  • n. (countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other…
  • n. (uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and…
  • n. (zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans,…
  • n. (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether…
  • n. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
  • n. (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

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