flocculent
/ˈflɑkjələnt/
adjective
- Having a soft, fluffy, or woolly texture; resembling small clumps of wool or cotton.
- The flocculent clouds looked like tufts of cotton floating across the sky.
- Some mosses have a flocculent appearance, with tiny, fuzzy growths.
- The fabric felt flocculent and warm, like a soft fleece blanket.
- In chemistry and water treatment, describing a substance that forms or contains loose clumps of particles (flocs).
- Adding the chemical made the solution become flocculent as particles began to clump.
- The flocculent material in the tank settled quickly after the stirring stopped.
- The flocculent layer at the bottom of the container was easy to filter out.
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