Definitions for tomentum

tomentum to·men·tum

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

Tomentum is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in tomentum (emmnottu).

Definitions for tomentum

noun

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

Origin of tomentum

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

Examples for tomentum

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

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

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

Word Value for tomentum
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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