Flocculent
[flok-yuh-luh nt] /ˈflɒk yə lənt/
adjective
1.
like a clump or tuft of wool.
2.
covered with a soft, woolly substance.
3.
consisting of or containing loose woolly masses.
4.
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5.
Chemistry. consisting of flocs and .
/ˈflɒkjʊlənt/
adjective
1.
like wool; fleecy
2.
(chem) aggregated in woolly cloudlike masses: a flocculent precipitate
3.
(biology) covered with tufts or flakes of a waxy or wool-like substance
adj.
“resembling wool,” 1800, from Latin floccus “lock of hair, flock of wool” + -ulent. Related: Floculence.
flocculent floc·cu·lent (flŏk’yə-lənt)
adj.
floc’cu·lence n.
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