pulverulent
Americanadjective
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consisting of dust or fine powder.
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crumbling to dust or powder.
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covered with dust or powder.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pulverulent
1650–60; < Latin pulverulentus dusty, equivalent to pulver- (stem of pulvis ) dust + -ulentus -ulent
Example Sentences
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P. 1-1.5 cm. convex then plane, subumb. glabrous, viscid, silky at margin, whitish; g. white then fuscescent; s. 2-3 cm. fistulose, contorted, pulverulent; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Its wood is of a yellow colour merging into green, and has an almost pulverulent fracture; the flowers are yellow and conspicuous; and the fruit is dry and 4-winged.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
When the vein-stuff has been raised it is reduced to a pulverulent condition, to liberate the gold from the gangue.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
The manyplies, or third stomach, contains between its laminæ hard, pulverulent, and dry alimentary substances, which are seen sticking to the different leaves.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?
P. 1.5-2.5 cm. umb. subcampan. silkily squamulose, tawny brown; g. fawn then rusty; s. 2-3 cm. fibrillose, reddish, pulverulent above; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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