Tomentum — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/toʊmˈɛntəm/

🇬🇧British English

/təʊmˈɛntəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/təʊmˈɛntəm/

3 syllables Say it as /toʊmˈɛntəm/.

Examples

peach fuzz

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fuzz hair tomentum cerebri

Parts of Speech

noun	filamentous hairlike growth on a plant “peach fuzz”
noun	a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

tomento

crecimiento filamentoso parecido a un pelo en una planta

🇮🇹Italian

tomento

crescita filamentosa simile a un capello su una pianta

🇵🇹Portuguese

tomento

crescimento semelhante a um cabelo filamentoso em uma planta

🇷🇺Russian

войлок

нитевидный волосовидный нарост на растении

India

🇧🇩Bengali

টোমেন্টাম

একটি উদ্ভিদ উপর filamentous চুলের মত বৃদ্ধি

🇮🇳Tamil

டோமெண்டம்

ஒரு செடியில் இழை போன்ற முடி வளர்ச்சி

🇮🇳Telugu

టోమెంటం

ఒక మొక్కపై తంతు వెంట్రుకల వంటి పెరుగుదల

🇮🇳Marathi

टोमेंटम

झाडावर तंतुमय केसांसारखी वाढ

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટોમેન્ટમ

છોડ પર ફિલામેન્ટસ વાળ જેવી વૃદ્ધિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಟೋಮೆಂಟಮ್

ಸಸ್ಯದ ಮೇಲೆ ತಂತು ಕೂದಲಿನಂತಹ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ടോമെൻ്റം

ഒരു ചെടിയിൽ നാരുകളുള്ള രോമവളർച്ച

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹومینٹم

ایک پودے پر بالوں کی مانند افزائش

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

绒毛

植物上丝状毛状生长

🇯🇵Japanese

トーメンタム

植物上の糸状の毛のような成長

🇰🇷Korean

토멘툼

식물의 사상체 털 같은 성장

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vật trang trí

sự phát triển giống như sợi tóc trên cây

🇹🇭Thai

โทเมนตัม

การเจริญเติบโตคล้ายเส้นใยบนพืช

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تومنتوم

نمو خيطي يشبه الشعر على النبات

🇮🇷Persian

تومنتوم

رشد موی رشته ای روی گیاه

🇮🇱Hebrew

טומנטום

צמיחה דמוית שיער חוטית על צמח

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The primary meaning of 'tomentum' is 'filamentous hairlike growth on a plant'.

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