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Meaning of "tomentum" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOMENTUM

New Latin, from Latin: stuffing for cushions; related to Latin tumēre to swell.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TOMENTUM

təˈmɛntəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOMENTUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tomentum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOMENTUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tomentum in the English dictionary

The definition of tomentum in the dictionary is a feltlike covering of downy hairs on leaves and other plant parts. Other definition of tomentum is a network of minute blood vessels occurring in the human brain between the pia mater and cerebral cortex.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOMENTUM

amentum · argentum · argumentum · bantam · calceamentum · cementum · centum · fantom · indumentum · lomentum · momentum · omentum · paludamentum · phantom · quantum · ramentum · submentum · Tarentum · tormentum · Tridentum

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOMENTUM

tomboyishly · tomboyishness · tombstone · tombstoning · tomcat · tomcatting · tomcod · tome · tomenta · tomentose · tomentous · tomfool · tomfooleries · tomfoolery · tomfoolish · tomfoolishness · tomial · tomium · tommies · tommy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOMENTUM

angular momentum · arboretum · Beneventum · conservation of momentum · crassamentum · datum · dictum · nidamentum · per centum · postpartum · rectum · research quantum · Saguntum · sanctum · sarmentum · substratum · Tatum · tegmentum · tum · ultimatum

Synonyms and antonyms of tomentum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tomentum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOMENTUM

Find out the translation of tomentum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tomentum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tomentum» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

绒毛
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tomento
570 millions of speakers
en

English

tomentum
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

tomentum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لبدة المخ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

войлоком
278 millions of speakers
pt

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tomentum
270 millions of speakers
bn

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tomentum
260 millions of speakers
fr

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tomentum
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Tomentum
190 millions of speakers
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tomentum
180 millions of speakers
ja

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tomentum
130 millions of speakers
ko

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tomentum
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Tomentum
85 millions of speakers
vi

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tomentum
80 millions of speakers
ta

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tomentum
75 millions of speakers
mr

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शल्यचिकित्सा
75 millions of speakers
tr

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tomentum
70 millions of speakers
it

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tomentum
65 millions of speakers
pl

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kutnerem
50 millions of speakers
uk

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повстю
40 millions of speakers
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tomentum
30 millions of speakers
el

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tomentum
15 millions of speakers
af

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tomentum
14 millions of speakers
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tomentum
10 millions of speakers
no

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tomentum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tomentum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOMENTUM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tomentum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOMENTUM»

Discover the use of tomentum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tomentum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vol. IV. - Corolliflorae
leaves oblong, acuminated, somewhat attenuated at the base, shining and glabrous above, and clothed with greenish hoary tomentum beneath ; racemes axillary, few-Bowered; peduncles and calyxes clothed with hoary yellow tomentum. lg .
‎1838
2
A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants: Comprising ...
leaves oblong, acuminated, somewhat attenuated at the base, shining and glabrous above, and clothed with greenish hoary tomentum beneath ; racemes axillary, f`ew'flowered; peduncles and calyxes clothed with hoary yellow tomentum. 12 .
George Don, 1838
3
A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... Arranged ...
clothed with ñoccose tomentum; leaves oblong, obtuse, crenated, truncate or subcordate at the base, greenish above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath; bracteas oblong-lanceolate, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with white ...
George Don, 1838
4
A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a ...
with stellate tomentum, cordate, ovate, unequally toothed ; sti- pulas linear- lanceolate ; pedicels 1 -flowered, drooping. Ij . G. Leaves resembling those of Mdlva bryoni/blia. Flowers yellow. Bryony-leaved Hermannia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818.
George Don, 1831
5
Lichens of California
Apothecia mostly terminal or lacking; tomentum weakly developed; lobaric acid present (P— ). 2. Pseudopodetia erect; apothecia usually present along with conspicuous cephalodia S. intermedium [2. Pseudopodetia prostrate; apothecia ...
Mason E. Hale, 1988
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Vol. II. - Caclyciflorae
leaves trifoliate, terminal one a little 3-lobed; leaflets roundish, deeply toothed above the base, pubescent above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath; branches angular, subtomentose; prickles scattered, recurved; stipulas awl- shaped ...
‎1832
7
Asteraceae of Louisiana
tomentum beneath, often spathulate, sometimes lanceolate G. pensylvanicum 3 Midstem and basal leaves with appressed woolly tomentum beneath, spathulate, or the midstem leaves linear-lanceolate G, purpureum GNAPHAUUM HELLERI ...
Kancheepuram Natarajan Gandhi, R. Dale Thomas, Stephan L. Hatch, 1989
8
A Review of the North and Central American Species of ...
12 Femora fulvous or dusky, not black ..... . l3 Abdominal dorsum with black tomentum in middle of segments two to six; hair and tomentum on body dark fulvous or dark yellow. Midwestern United States .... . ...... ................................ nigronasica ...
Jack Clayton Hall, 1981
9
General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants
branches angular, rather compressed, bristly; prickles few, straightish, small ; leaves trifoliate, upper ones undivided, clothed with silky tomentum on both surfaces ; leaves ovate, cordate, elongated ; branches of panicle very hairy; calyx white, ...
George Don, 1832
10
Michigan Lichens
The large, dull gray to brownish lobes have undulating margins and a downy gray tomentum on the rounded lobe tips. When wet, the thallus color darkens, since the photobiont is the cyanobacterium Nostoc. The lower surface is tan, lacks a ...
Julie Jones Medlin, 1996

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOMENTUM»

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1
Vines to Wines: What is 'bud break'?
The tomentum shatters as leaves first appear in a myriad forms, all so beautiful to a camera's “macro” lens, to then be fully appreciated as our eyes respond. «Napa Valley Register, Mar 13»
2
Alpine daisy quite a sight
Leaves are often leathery, usually with the underside clothed in a white tomentum which in a few species can range from yellowish to buff or rusty brown. «Otago Daily Times, Feb 10»
REFERENCE
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