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flocculent
adjective
[ ˈflɒkjʊl(ə)nt ]
• having or resembling tufts of wool.
• "the first snows of winter lay thick and flocculent"
Origin:
early 19th century: from Latin floccus ‘tuft of wool’ + -ulent.