flocculence

noun

floc·cu·lence | \ ˈfläkyələn(t)s\

variants: or less commonly flocculency \ -nsē \

plural flocculences also flocculencies

Definition of flocculence

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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