pruinose

American  

[proo-uh-nohs] / ˈpru əˌnoʊs /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.

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pruinose British  

/ -ˌnəʊz, ˈpruːɪˌnəʊs /

adjective

1. botany coated with a powdery or waxy bloom

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Etymology

Origin of pruinose

1820–30; < Latin pruīnōsus frosty, equivalent to pruīn ( a ) frost (akin to freeze ) + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Pruinose, Pruinate, frosted; covered with a powder like hoar-frost.

From Project Gutenberg

P. exp. subumb. very thin, striate to middle, brownish, paler towards edge, with brown scales at centre and paler ones at margin; g. distant, edge toothed; s. swollen below, silvery white, pruinose above the ring.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 2-4 cm. expanded, whitish, disc often tinged yellow or reddish, pruinose with glistening particles; g. nearly free, crowded; s. 3-5 cm. white, silky, ring fibrillose; sp.

From Project Gutenberg

P. 3-5 cm. exp. often wavy, glabrous, margin invol. pale brown or greyish with brown spots; g. crowded, narrow, white then greyish; s. 2-3 cm. and nearly as thick, solid, white, pruinose; sp. subgl.

From Project Gutenberg

P. unequal, even, edge thin, inflexed, somewhat pruinose, blackish fuscous; g. free; s. stems solid, ventricose, subtomentose, springing densely from a common tuber. arcuatum, Bull.

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