lanosity

The quality of being lanose, or woolly.

Noun

  1. The quality of being lanose, or woolly.
    • Distinguished from H. crenulatus and allied species by the lanosity of the hands ; from H. oregonensis in its nearly straight and dilated front. - 1907, Alfred Geddes Maddren, Smithsonian Exploration in Alaska in 1904:...
    • 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...

Origin

From Latin lanositas.