flocculences

Noun

flocculence (countable and uncountable, plural flocculences)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness.
   • This paragraph is remarkable for its own flocculence. The Times implies, without quite saying it, both that it approves of Obama's evasions […] and that it would approve if he took a different approach[…]2009 June 19, James Taranto, “That Was Awful. Do It Again!”, in The Wall Street Journal
2. A substance or condition that causes a surface to be flocculent; fluff, flakes.
   • Branches and leaves become covered with the waxy filaments creating a flocculence (wool-like tufts) that indicates a heavy infestation. Rain will wash away the flocculence, but nymphs will soon secrete more.2003 August, “a psyllid – Boreioglycaspis melaleucae Moore”, in Featured Creatures, University of Florida Department of Entomology & Nematology, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2010