A lock or tuft of wool or similar fibrous material; a small fluffy mass or wisp.
From Latin 'floccus' (a lock of wool), the root word for the entire floccul- family. Related to Old English 'flock' and possibly Germanic origins meaning to gather or clump.
This single Latin word spawned an entire family of English words—floccule, flocculent, flocculate, and dozens more—all ultimately describing woolly or fluffy things!
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