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pruinose

American  
[proo-uh-nohs] / ˈpru əˌnoʊs /

adjective

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


pruinose British  
/ -ˌnəʊz, ˈpruːɪˌnəʊs /

adjective

  1. botany coated with a powdery or waxy bloom

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of pruinose

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

Example Sentences

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P. depr. striate, reddish; g. adnate, white; s. glabrous, apex pruinose, reddish.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. tough, irreg. exp. subumbil. floccosely pruinose; g. adnato-decur. crowded, shining white; s. long, incurved, flocculose at first; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 1.5-2 cm. campan. obtuse, blue, disc darker, scabrid; g. adnate, very broad; s. 2-3 cm. blackish blue, apex pruinose; sp. glob.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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 European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. thin, conico-campan. papillate, edge deflexed, sulcate, pruinose; g. crowded; s. bulbous, naked.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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