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Flocculent   Listen
adjective
Flocculent  adj.  
1.
Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly.
2.
(Zool.) Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.
3.
(Chem.) Having a structure like shredded wool, as some precipitates.





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"Flocculent" Quotes from Famous Books



... test tube 5 cc. of the extract to be tested. Evaporate to one third. Then add sufficient water to restore the original volume. If a brown, flocculent precipitate is formed, the sample contains pure vanilla extract. Resin is present in vanilla beans and is extracted in the essence. The resin is readily soluble in 50 per cent alcohol. If the alcohol is removed from the extract, the excess ...
— Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value • Harry Snyder


Words linked to "Flocculent" :   soft, wooly, flocculate, woolly


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