bělovlnný

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Czech

Etymology

From bílý (white) +‎ -o- +‎ vlna (wool) +‎ -ný. It refers to the colour and wool-like surface of the described object (fungi).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bě‧lo‧vln‧ný

Adjective

bělovlnný (not comparable)

  1. (relational) adjective specifying two species of fungi with wool-like surface of their caps: kukmák bělovlnný (Volvariella bombycina) and pečárka bělovlnná (Agaricus leucotrichus)
    • 2002, Jiří Čihař, Příroda v České a Slovenské republice, Praha: Academia, →ISBN, page 75:
      Kukmák bělovlnný (V. bombycina) roste na pařezech a starých kmenech
      Silky rosegill (V. bombycina) grows on tree stumps and old trunks.
    • 2006, Jiří Kučera with Jana Vojtová and Jaroslav Vojta, “Přírodní památka Hostivické rybníky”, in Český svaz ochránců přírody, retrieved 2015-11-07:
      Pečárka bělovlnná je blízce příbuzná pečárce ovčí, od které se liší nápadně vláknitě běloplstnatým kloboukem.
      Agaricus leucotrichus is closely related to Agaricus arvensis, from which it differs with its striking white fibrous felt-like cap.

Usage notes

Although all three genders of the adjective can be created, in practical usage only the masculine (bělovlnný) and feminine (bělovlnná) can be found, since the words appear only in the two above mentioned names of fungi (though exceptions may be possible).

Declension

Further reading

  • bělovlnný”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)