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noun
The hairs of plants, invertebrates and other non-mammalian organisms, taken as a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Investiture (of a person with a specific role, powers etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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noun
Clothes, clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable
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noun
an archaic term for clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
History
From Medieval Latin vestitura, from Latin vestire.
