- puberulent
- adjective Etymology: Latin puber pubescent + English -ulent (as in pulverulent) Date: 1847 covered with fine pubescence
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Puberulent — Pu*ber u*lent, a. [See {Pubis}.] (Bot.) Very minutely downy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puberulent — [pyo͞o ber′yo͞o lənt] adj. [< L puber, adult, covered with soft down + ULENT] covered with fine hairs or down … English World dictionary
puberulent — /pyooh ber yeuh leuhnt, ber euh /, adj. Bot., Zool. minutely pubescent. Also, puberulous /pyooh ber yeuh leuhs, ber euh /. [1860 65; < L puber (see PUBERTY) + ULENT] * * * … Universalium
puberulent — adjective covered in soft, downy hairs See Also: puberty … Wiktionary
puberulent — , adj. puberulous. Covered with minute hairs or very fine down; finely pubescent, e.g. the exposed tip of the microsporophylls of Cycas wadei, and the male cone peduncles of Zamia poeppigiana. See also hirsute, lanate, pilose, sericeous,… … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
puberulent — pu·ber·u·lent … English syllables
puberulent — a. covered with minute down … Dictionary of difficult words
puberulent — adjective covered with fine soft hairs or down downy milkweed seeds • Syn: ↑downy, ↑pubescent, ↑sericeous • Similar to: ↑hairy, ↑haired, ↑hirsute … Useful english dictionary
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Tartary Buckwheat — Taxobox name = Tartar Buckwheat image width = 200px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Caryophyllales familia = Polygonaceae genus = Fagopyrum species = F. tataricum binomial = Fagopyrum tataricum binomial… … Wikipedia
