TOMENTUM

(Lat.), n. n. Tom-e2nt'u3m(u4m). Fr., t. Ger., Filz, Filziiberzug (1st def.). 1. In botany, a dense, more or le matted pubescence, [a, 35.] 2. The shaggy ma constituted by the villi of the choriou. [A, 45.J T. cerebri. The inner surface of the pia. [L.] [s. 631]