Lanosity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lanosity is a noun meaning (botany, zoology, rare) The quality of being lanose, or woolly.
Meaning
(botany, zoology, rare) The quality of being lanose, or woolly.
Example Sentences
Distinguished from H. crenulatus and allied species by the lanosity of the hands ; from H. oregonensis in its nearly straight and dilated front.
1953, Reed Clark Rollins (editor-in-chief), Rhodora, Volume 55, New England Botanical Club, page 56, Similar to typical A. frigida Meyer in its general appearance and technical characters, but the lanosity of the tegules and of the hypocephalum is completely lacking, being replaced by a fine glandulosity.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lacunosity, lignosity, lanceolation, loaminess, looniness, laciness.
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