a. scientific. [ad. L. lānōs-us, f. lāna wool.] Of the nature of wool; woolly. Hence Lanosity, woolliness (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1888).
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 335. Hand naked and smooth without,… within over a spot lanose.
1871. Cooke, Fungi, 786. Mycelium forming white lanose patches.
