Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Covered with soft, short hair; downy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Downy; covered with soft fine hairs like down: specifically said in botany of the surfaces of plants, and in entomology of the clothing of insects.
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- adjective Alternative form of
lanuginose .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Of course, the plaster removes this soft lanuginous growth with the hardier one, and for that reason should be left severely alone.
The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Helen Follett Stevans
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Were we to go back to the pyrotechnics of romanticism, rewrite the lanuginous works of the Cherbuliez and Feuillet tribe, or, worse yet, imitate the lachrymose storiettes of Theuriet and George
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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The hopping-sallows open, and yield their palms before other sallows, and when they are blown (which is about the _exit_ of May, or sometimes June) the palms (or ὠλεσίκαρποι _frugiperdæ_, as Homer terms them for their extream levity) are four inches long, and full of a fine lanuginous cotton.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
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