lanosity

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noun

The quality of being lanose, or woolly.

OriginLatin lanositas →
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Meanings

nounlanosity (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablebiologyThe quality of being lanose, or woolly.

    Distinguished from H. crenulatus and allied species by the lanosity of the hands ; from H. oregonensis in its nearly straight and dilated front.

    1907, Alfred Geddes Maddren, Smithsonian Exploration in Alaska in 1904: In Search of Mammoth and Other Fossil Remains, Smithsonian Institution, page 126
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    1953, Reed Clark Rollins (editor-in-chief), Rhodora, Volume 55, New England Botanical Club, page 56, Similar to typical A. frigida Meyer in its general appearance and technical characters, but the lanosity of the tegules and of the hypocephalum is completely lacking, being replaced by a fine glandulosity.

Origin

  1. Latinlanositas
  2. Englishlanosity

From Latin lanositas.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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