lanuginose

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin lanuginosus, from lanugo, lanuginis, woolly substance, down, from lana wool.

Adjective

lanuginose (comparative more lanuginose, superlative most lanuginose)

  1. Covered with down, or fine soft hairs; downy or fuzzy.
    lanuginose fruit
    lanuginose twigs

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References

Italian

Adjective

lanuginose

  1. feminine plural of lanuginoso

Latin

Adjective

lānūginōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of lānūginōsus
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