matted
Matted things are snarled into a twisted mat. If you never brush your long hair, it will become matted and soon you will be in dreadlocks.
Silky hair easily becomes matted, and so does the fur of long-haired animals. Many sheep are covered with a dense, matted wool that is sheared off every year and spun into yarn for making sweaters and blankets. The adjective matted comes from mat, which originally meant "tangled mass," from the Late Latin matta, "mat made of rushes."
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tangled in a dense mass“tried to push through the matted undergrowth”synonyms:tangledin a confused mass
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not reflecting light; not glossy
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