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   flocculent

   /ˈflɒkjʊlənt/

   adjective

   • 1. having or resembling tufts of wool: "the first snows of winter lay thick and flocculent"
   • ▪ having a loosely clumped texture: "a brown flocculent precipitate"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Latin floccus ‘tuft of wool’ + -ulent.

   Derivatives

   • 1. flocculence noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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