pilose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
    pilous; pilary.

WordNet

Pi*lose" adjective
Etymology
L. pilosus, fr. pilus hair. See Pile.
Definitions
  1. Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
    The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. Owen.
  2. (Zoöl.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
  3. (Bot.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.

Webster 1913