flocculent
adjective
floc·cu·lent
ˈflä-kyə-lənt 
1
: resembling wool especially in loose fluffy organization
2
: containing, consisting of, or occurring in the form of loosely aggregated particles or soft flakes
a flocculent precipitate
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The aluminum ski that is mounted under the sample basket, in front of the sub, and that helps keep the sub off the bottom, had been leaving a clean track in the soft, flocculent mud.
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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
This type of galaxy is called flocculent: with lots of short arms instead of a two or three long, grand, majestic ones.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2011
The snow begins as motes, which aggregate into dense, flocculent flakes that gradually sink and drift past the mouths (and mouth-like apparatuses) of scavengers farther down.
—New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022
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Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
This type of galaxy is called flocculent: with lots of short arms instead of a two or three long, grand, majestic ones.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2011
The snow begins as motes, which aggregate into dense, flocculent flakes that gradually sink and drift past the mouths (and mouth-like apparatuses) of scavengers farther down.
—New York Times, 3 Apr. 2022
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flocculent
adjective
floc·cu·lent
-yə-lənt
: made up of loosely aggregated particles
a flocculent precipitate
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