1. A detached mass of loosely fibrous structure like a shredded tuft of wool.
2. (Chem.) Specif.: A small particle of an insoluble substance formed in a liquid by the union of smaller particles.
FLOCCULENCE
Floc"cu*lence, n.
Defn: The state of being flocculent.
FLOCCULENT
Floc"cu*lent, a. Etym: [See Flock of wool.]
1. Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.
FLOCCULUS Floc"cu*lus, n.; pl. Flocculi. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. floccus a lock or flock of wool.] (Anat.)
Defn: A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.