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Tomentum vs Steeplebush - What's the difference?

tomentum | steeplebush |

As nouns the difference between tomentum and steeplebush

is that tomentum is (botany) a mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant while steeplebush is , a plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.

tomentum

English

Noun

(tomenta)
  • (botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
  • (zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
  • (anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.

    • steeplebush

    English

    (wikipedia steeplebush) (Spirea tomentosa)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • , a plant with narrow pyramidal clusters of flowers and a dense woolly tomentum.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 8, author=Andy Newman, title=In Case of Apocalypse Later, a Plan to Ensure America’s Regreening, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=They passed many species they had already collected for the Millennium project — maple-leaved vibernum, steeplebush with spiky stalks of tiny pink flowers, black birch — as well as a particularly impressive specimen of that quintessential Staten Island forest dweller, Automobilius burnedouticus. }}

    Synonyms

    * hardhack