Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid;
[syn: floccule, floc]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Floccule \Floc"cule\, n. [See Flocculus.]
1. A detached mass of loosely fibrous structure like a
shredded tuft of wool.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Chem.) Specif.: A small particle of an insoluble
substance formed in a liquid by the union of smaller
particles.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
floccule
n 1: a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material
suspended in or precipitated from a liquid [syn:
floccule, floc]