"flocculence" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2009 June 19, James Taranto, “That Was Awful. Do It Again!”, in The Wall Street Journal:",
          "text": "This paragraph is remarkable for its own flocculence. The Times implies, without quite saying it, both that it approves of Obama's evasions […] and that it would approve if he took a different approach[…]",
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        "The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness."
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        "(uncountable) The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness."
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          "ref": "2003 August, “a psyllid – Boreioglycaspis melaleucae Moore”, in Featured Creatures, University of Florida Department of Entomology & Nematology, archived from the original on 2010-06-16:",
          "text": "Branches and leaves become covered with the waxy filaments creating a flocculence (wool-like tufts) that indicates a heavy infestation. Rain will wash away the flocculence, but nymphs will soon secrete more.",
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          "ref": "2010, The Areawide Management Evaluation of Melaleuca quinquenervia, “Natural Enemies of Melaleuca”, in TAME Melaleuca, archived from the original on 2010-06-11:",
          "text": "However, its nymphs (immatures) are easy to detect from the copious amounts of waxy flocculence (white fluff) that they secrete onto melaleuca leaves and stems.",
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          "ref": "2021, Huagu Ye, Chuyuan Li, Wencai Ye, Feiyan Zeng, Fangfang Liu, Faguo Wang, Yushi Ye, Lin Fu, Jianrong Li, “Medicinal fungi”, in Common Chinese Materia Medica, →DOI:",
          "text": "elastic, thinly skinned, easy to rupture, with purple brown flocculences when torn by hand.",
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        "A substance or condition that causes a surface to be flocculent; fluff, flakes."
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        "(uncountable) The condition of being flocculent; wooliness, flakiness."
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          "text": "elastic, thinly skinned, easy to rupture, with purple brown flocculences when torn by hand.",
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