tomentum

  1. Noun.  (botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
  2. Noun.  (zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
  3. Noun.  (anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.

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