stupose

From Latin stupa, stuppa (“tow”). Compare stupeous.

stupose (comparative more stupose, superlative most stupose)

1. (botany) Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow

   Synonym: stupeous

   a stupose mat of hyphae

   stupose disc

   stupose stalk

• “stupose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• POTUSes, Toupses