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
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Etymology
Origin of pulverulent
1650–60; < Latin pulverulentus dusty, equivalent to pulver- (stem of pulvis ) dust + -ulentus -ulent
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P. 2-3 cm. convexo-plane, yellow brown, ochre when dry; g. adnexed; s. 2-4 cm. fistulose, thin, pulverulent, yellowish, with a long filiform root; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The variety papulatum is subrotund, sessile, papillose and pulverulent, the warts being nearly uniform in size.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
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 Honor? Bourguignon
This genus is distinguished by a cob-web-like veil, dry persistent gills, which in the mature plants become discolored, and pulverulent with the rusty or ochraceous colored spores.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
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 George Massee
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