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capillature

capillature noun: a bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.

Noun

capillature (uncountable)

  1. A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.
    • The barbers afterwards rub Shea butter well over those billiard-ball bald heads, and presently the unseen forest springs up, and heavy crops of capillature result.1877, John Whitford, Trading Life in Western and Central Africa

Origin of capillature

Latin capillatura.

Questions about capillature

What does capillature mean?
Capillature means a bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.
What part of speech is capillature?
Capillature is a noun.

Words near capillature in the dictionary

  1. capillarylike
  2. Capillas
  3. capillate
  4. capillation
  5. capillations
  6. capillature
  7. capilliconidiophore
  8. capilliconidiophores
  9. capilliculture
  10. capilliform
  11. capilliposide

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