[syn: tomentum, tomentum cerebri]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tomentum \To*men"tum\, n.; pl. Tomenta. [L. See Tomentose. ]
(Bot.)
The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or
stems of some plants.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tomentum
n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn:
hair, fuzz, tomentum]
2: a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface
of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex [syn: tomentum,
tomentum cerebri]