flocculent
adjective
floc·cu·lent
ˈflä-kyə-lənt 
1
: resembling wool especially in loose fluffy organization
2
: containing, consisting of, or occurring in the form of loosely aggregated particles or soft flakes
a flocculent precipitate
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The Hubble Space Telescope captured a new image of NGC 5530, which is classified as a flocculent spiral galaxy due to its patchy and indistinct arms, according to a statement from the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The snow begins as motes, which aggregate into dense, flocculent flakes that gradually sink and drift past the mouths (and mouth-like apparatuses) of scavengers farther down.
—New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022
The aluminum ski that is mounted under the sample basket, in front of the sub, and that helps keep the sub off the bottom, had been leaving a clean track in the soft, flocculent mud.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The snow begins as motes, which aggregate into dense, flocculent flakes that gradually sink and drift past the mouths (and mouth-like apparatuses) of scavengers farther down.
—New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022
The aluminum ski that is mounted under the sample basket, in front of the sub, and that helps keep the sub off the bottom, had been leaving a clean track in the soft, flocculent mud.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
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“Flocculent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flocculent. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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flocculent
adjective
floc·cu·lent
-yə-lənt
: made up of loosely aggregated particles
a flocculent precipitate
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