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floc·cu·lent 
[flok-yuh-luhnt] Pronunciation Key
[flok-yuh-luhnt] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | like a clump or tuft of wool. |
| 2. | covered with a soft, woolly substance. |
| 3. | consisting of or containing loose woolly masses. |
| 4. | flocky. |
| 5. | Chemistry. consisting of flocs and floccules. |
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| floc·cu·lent
(flŏk'yə-lənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.
floc'cu·lence n., floc'cu·lent·ly adv. |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
floc'cu·lence n.
flocculent floc·cu·lent (flŏk'yə-lənt)
adj.
- Having a fluffy or wooly appearance.
- Containing numerous shreds or fluffy particles of grayish or white mucus or other material. Used of a fluid such as urine.
- Of or being a fluid bacterial culture in which there are numerous colonies either floating in the fluid medium or loosely deposited at the bottom.
- Having a soft waxy or wool-like covering, as of certain insects.
floc'cu·lence n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Flocculent
Floc"cu*lent\, a. [See Flock of wool.]1. Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly. --Gray. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.
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Flocculent
Floc"cu*lent\, a. (Chem.) Having a structure like shredded wool, as some precipitates.
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