pulverulent

Historical Examples

• The stem is subequal, cespitose, reticulate to the base, pulverulent below.

  The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise

  M. E. Hard

• Most gelatinous, pulverulent, and crystalline precipitates are of this nature.

  Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II

  Arnold Cooley

• In the hollows the soil appears rich, dark, and pulverulent, with much admixture of unformed bird-guano.

  Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist To The Expedition. In Two Volumes. Volume 1.

  John MacGillivray

• The shells are sometimes entirely decomposed, forming a pulverulent marl; sometimes in a state of good preservation.

  Principles of Geology

  Charles Lyell

• By evaporation, with the usual precautions, they may be obtained either in the pulverulent or crystalline form.

  Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II

  Arnold Cooley