TOMENTUM (tomenta)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: tomenta   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tomentum mean? 

• TOMENTUM (noun)
  The noun TOMENTUM has 2 senses:

1. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

2. a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex

  Familiarity information: TOMENTUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOMENTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fuzz; hair; tomentum

Context example:

peach fuzz

Hypernyms ("tomentum" is a kind of...):

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tomentum"):

stinging hair (a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid)

beard (a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

tomentum; tomentum cerebri

Hypernyms ("tomentum" is a kind of...):

capillary; capillary vessel (any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules)