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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Tomentose \To"men*tose'\, adjective [L. tomentum a stuffing of wool, hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

tomentose

adjective

1: covered with densely matted filaments

2: densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose leaf" [syn: {tomentous}]