US /ˈleɪneɪt/ UK /ˈleɪneɪt/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    covered with or consisting of woolly hairs

    The plant's lanate leaves felt soft and downy to the touch.

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Synonyms
1 adj · covered with or consisting... woollyfleecydownytomentose
Opposites
glabroussmoothhairless
Word family
Related forms lanoselanolin

Etymology

From Latin lanatus ('woolly'), from lana ('wool'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *wl̥h₂neh₂- ('wool').

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