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Meaning of lanosity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The quality of being lanose, or woolly.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Distinguished from H. crenulatus and allied species by the lanosity of the hands ; from H. oregonensis in its nearly straight and dilated front.”

“1953, Reed Clark Rollins (editor-in-chief), Rhodora, Volume 55, New England Botanical Club, page 56, Similar to typical A. frigida Meyer in its general appearance and technical characters, but the lanosity of the tegules and of the hypocephalum is completely lacking, being replaced by a fine glandulosity.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

lanosol lanostane lanostanoid lanosterol lanosterone lanosteryl