flocculence

noun

floc·​cu·​lence

ˈfläkyələn(t)s

variants or less commonly flocculency

-nsē

plural flocculences also flocculencies

1

: a flocculent state

2

: something that gives a flocculent material or surface its character (as the waxy secretion of flocculent insects)

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