What is "floccose"

Floccose \Floc*cose"\, a. [L. floccosus. Cf. 2d Flock, n.]

1. Spotted with small tufts like wool.
   --Wright.

2. (Bot.) Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous.

a. (context botany mycology English) Covered or growing in wooly tufts.

adj. (of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs