a. Bot. [ad. med.L. stūpōsus, stuppōsus (Diefenb.), f. L. stūpa, stuppa tow: see -OSE.] (See quots.)
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot., I. ii. 125. In Anthericum [the filament is] bearded or stupose.
1849. Balfour, Man. Bot., § 60. Bearded, or stupose,… when hairs occur in small tufts.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, Stupose, tow-like, with tufts of long hairs.
