The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flocculent \Floc"cu*lent\, a. [See Flock of wool.]
Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly.
--Gray.(Zo["o]l.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.
(Chem.) Having a structure like shredded wool, as some precipitates.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"resembling wool, fleecy," 1800, from Latin floccus "lock of hair, flock of wool" (see flock (n.2)) + -ulent. Related: Flocculence.
Wiktionary
a. 1 flocculated, resembling bits of wool, woolly. 2 Covered in a woolly substance; downy. 3 flaky. n. (context galaxy English) diminutive of flocculent spiral galaxy
WordNet
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "flocculent".
The small quantity of white flocculent precipitate which may be observed in the acetic acid solution before titrating, contains the whole of the iron as ferric arsenate.
The flocculent odors of the swamp, the memories, and the kenspeckle drones from the waterdrums were falling into him, becoming the color of void, the sound of nothingness.
When the urates are in excess they form a heavy pinkish deposit of a flocculent nature within from five to thirty minutes after the urine has been passed--that is, after it has been passed sufficiently long to cool.
Their hairstyles were flocculent Afros or the intricate beaded dreadlocks of the Rastafarians, their faces were painted into death masks of ds like iguana rouge and purple lipstick with iridescent green eyeli lizards.