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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Covered with hairs or pubescence so interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.

Etymologies

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Latin manicatus sleeved, from manica a sleeve.

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