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| − | '''tomentum''' ( | + | '''tomentum''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:No plural]][[:Category:No plural|no plural]]) – a dense, felt-like, downy, [[lint]]-like, cobwebby or woolly [[mat]] on the [[upper thallus surface|upper]] or [[lower thallus surface|lower]] surface of the [[thallus]] (''in contrast:'' a [[pubescent]] surface is covered with much finer and extremely short hairs; a [[villous]] surface is covered with long, more slender hairs; both are usually not referred to as a tomentum). ''This is:'' [[Category:Part of thallus surface]][[:Category:Part of thallus surface|part of thallus surface]]. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
tomentum (noun,no plural) – a dense, felt-like, downy, lint-like, cobwebby or woolly mat on the upper or lower surface of the thallus (in contrast: a pubescent surface is covered with much finer and extremely short hairs; a villous surface is covered with long, more slender hairs; both are usually not referred to as a tomentum). This is:part of thallus surface.
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