piliferous

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If the government camel insists on sticking its nose under Jersey girls 'skirts, can back-alley bush removal with rusty razors be far behind? some aficionados of adult entertainment from the 70's might be excited about the return of a tufted tarts and piliferous punani.

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  1. adjective Bearing or producing hair.

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  • If the government camel insists on sticking its nose under Jersey girls 'skirts, can back-alley bush removal with rusty razors be far behind? some aficionados of adult entertainment from the 70's might be excited about the return of a tufted tarts and piliferous punani. —  QandO
  • Root-hair; 2. piliferous layer; 3. cortex; 4. endodermis; 5. pericycle; 6. xylem; 7. phloëm.] —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
  • Just below the piliferous layer two or three layers of thick-walled cells are seen. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
  • Exodermis the layer or layers of thickened cells beneath the piliferous layer of roots, 32. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
  • The root-hairs are mere protrusions of the cells of the outermost layer of the cortex of the root and this layer is called the = piliferous layer =. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
 

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  1. Latin pilus, hair + -ferous.

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  1. from Latin pilus, hair (see pile), + ferre = English bear.
 

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/paɪˈlɪfərəs/
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