Definitions for tomenta

tomenta to·men·tum

Spelling: [tuh-men-tuh m]
IPA: /təˈmɛn təm/

Tomenta is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in tomenta (aemnott).

Definitions for tomenta

noun

  1. pubescence consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs pressed close to the surface.

Origin of tomenta

1690-1700; New Latin tōmentum, Latin: stuffing (of wool, hair, etc.) for cushions

Examples for tomenta

Head silvery white, frontalia deep black, linear; tomentum of the thorax and of the abdomen more whitish than that of the female.

Atrotomentosus is from ater, black, and tomentum, woolly or downy.

The upper surface of the pileus is smooth, or sometimes more or less covered with a tomentum similar to that on the margin.

The foxy flavor, the tomentum of the leaf, the pulpy flesh, and the usually continuous tendrils are all from Labrusca.

Nothing can exceed the difference between the two, both in shape and tomentum.

Word Value for tomenta
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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