floccose

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(flokōs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
floc•cose  (flokōs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Botanyconsisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs.
  2. flocculent.
  • Late Latin floccōsus full of tufts of wool. See floccus, -ose1
  • 1745–55


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