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lanosity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being lanose, or woolly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, uncountable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology

Examples

  • 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.

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History

Etymology

From Latin lanositas.