PILOSE

pilose. Pilose, a. hairy, covered with hairs

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Pi‐lose″ (?), a. [[L. pilosus, fr. pilus hair. See Pile.]] 1. 1. Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. Owen. 2. 2. (Zoöl.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
3. 3. (Bot.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.