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pilose

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pi·lose  (pls) also pi·lous (-ls)
adj.
Covered with fine soft hair.
[Latin pilsus, from pilus, hair.]
pi·losi·ty (-ls-t) n.
pilose [ˈpaɪləʊz], pilous
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology covered with fine soft hairs pilose leaves
[from Latin pilōsus, from pilus hair]
pilosity  [paɪˈlɒsɪtɪ] n
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Adj.1.pilose - covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
pilary, pilous
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"
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Mature branches are woody and leafless, whereas young branches are white with a dense glandular, spreading, pilose indumentums.
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Terminal pinnules (leaflets) 6 to 15 times longer than wide, undersurface of leaflets (abaxial axes) remotely pilose to glabrous P.
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