Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, covered with hairs or pubescence so dense and interwoven into a mass that they form a tissue which can be easily stripped off.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
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- adjective botany Covered with
hairs orpubescence sointerwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
Etymologies
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Latin manicatus sleeved, from manica a sleeve.
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