Tomentum \To*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Tomenta}. [L. See {Tomentose}. ] (Bot.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
tomentum n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: {hair}, {fuzz}] 2: a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex [syn: {tomentum cerebri}] [also: {tomenta} (pl)] tomenta See {tomentum}