flocculent
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They invariably come laden with words that seem meant to prove his vocabulary is bigger than yours: flocculent, crapulent, caducous, anaglypta, mephitic, velutinous.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
“A vast, flocculent cloud darkened and devitalized the city, mimicking the family mood like weather does in memories.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2019
The felspar crystals are lighter and more translucent than the matrix, but are of much the same character, having a granulated or flocculent appearance, somewhat like that of the decomposed felspars in diabase.
From Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by G. F. Rodwell
He also obtained a flocculent precipitate which later became granular and showed under the microscope forms like the starfish, and discs with undulated borders.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
P. 3-5 cm. campan. often irreg. flocculent, soon glabrous and silky, pale reddish-grey; g. deeply rounded behind, rugulose; s.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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