matted

takkuinen

matta- (en-past of)
forming a thick tangled mess
1899, w:Joseph Conrad|Joseph Conrad, s:Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness, s:Heart of Darkness/Section I|section 1

The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple ...