- floc|cose
- floc|cose «FLOK ohs», adjective.1. Botany. composed of or bearing tufts of woolly hairs.2. Obsolete. woolly.╂[< Late Latin floccōsus < floccus flock of wool]
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floc — de·floc·cu·lant; de·floc·cu·late; floc·cil·la·tion; floc·cose; floc·cu·la·ble; floc·cu·lant; floc·cu·lar; floc·cu·la·tion; floc·cu·la·tor; floc·cule; floc·cu·lence; floc·cu·lose; floc·cu·lus; floc·cus; floc·cu·lo·nodular; floc; floc·cu·late;… … English syllables
cose — bel·li·cose; ci·cat·ri·cose; cose; floc·cose; fru·ti·cose; fu·cose; glu·cose; gly·cose; jo·cose; jo·cose·ly; jo·cose·ness; mu·cose; mus·cose; nar·cose; psi·cose; pu·li·cose; spa·di·cose; spi·cose; suf·fru·ti·cose; ur·ti·cose; var·i·cose;… … English syllables
floccose — floc·cose … English syllables
floccosely — floc·cose·ly … English syllables
Floccose — Floc*cose , a. [L. floccosus. Cf. 2d {Flock}, n.] 1. Spotted with small tufts like wool. Wright. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
floccose — In bacteriology, applied to a growth of short, curving filaments or chains closely but irregularly disposed. [L. floccus, a flock of wool] * * * floc·cose (flokґōs) [L. floccosus full of flocks of wool] woolly; said of a bacterial growth… … Medical dictionary
