pruinose
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
Origin of pruinose
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How to use pruinose in a sentence
The stem is short, bluish below, tinged with brown above, somewhat pruinose.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise | M. E. HardThe stem is long and slender, equal or slightly tapering upward, usually curved; pruinose or mealy.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise | M. E. HardSpring-shoots slender, pruinose; branchlets very pliant and tough, summer-shoots abundant.
The Genus Pinus | George Russell ShawSpring-shoots conspicuously pruinose, uninodal or not infrequently multinodal.
The Genus Pinus | George Russell ShawPollen: a dusty or pruinose surface covering which is easily rubbed off; used mostly in Diptera.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for pruinose
/ (ˈpruːɪˌnəʊs, -ˌnəʊz) /
botany coated with a powdery or waxy bloom
Origin of pruinose
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