villous.

1. Covered with relatively long, soft hairs, giving a shaggy appearance.

2. Bearing small fingerlike projections called villi.

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Words that belong together

• villous leaves
• a villous surface

On the page

Villous leaves crowded the shaded edge of the bed.

She brushed the long hairs aside to inspect the villous surface beneath them.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Relational or descriptive adjective; more/most only where a natural degree exists. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.