(botany) A covering, such as one that is woolly.
(mycology) A covering of hairs.
(vertebrate zoology) The plumage covering a bird.
Indumentum
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The indumentum is a covering of fine hairs or bristles (rarely scales) on a plant[1] or insect.
In plants, the indumentum types are:
- pubescent
- hirsute
- pilose
- villous
- tomentose
- stellate
- scabrous
- scurfy
Notes
- ^ Davis, Peter Hadland and Heywood, Vernon Hilton (1963) Principles of angiosperm taxonomy Van Nostrandpage, Princeton, New jersey, page 154, OCLC 552236
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