villose, a. Bot. and Ent.
(vɪˈləʊs)
[ad. L. villōs-us hairy, rough, f. villus villus. Cf. It. villoso, velloso, Sp., Pg. velloso.]
= villous a.
| a. Bot. 1727 Bailey (vol. II), Villose, hairy. 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Leaf, Villose Leaf. See Pilose Leaf, supra. 1812 New Bot. Gard. I. 29 The involucre remote and villose. 1844 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) V. 26 The various parts of plants, when clothed or furnished with hairs, are described as being downy, pilose, villose, tomentose. 1887 W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 185 Margin fimbriate, villose-white. |
| b. Ent. 1819 G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 156 Dryp[ta] emarginata. Blue, punctate, villose. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 39 The substance is unusually thick in the spinose caterpillars of butterflies; and in the pupa of one..it is villose. 1847 Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 235 Abdomen and elytra fulvo-pubescent, the last with a villose cinereous angulated band. 1861 H. Hagen Synop. Neuroptera N. Amer. 153 Libellula julia... Fuscous, villose. |