pruinose

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Etymology

Latin pruīnōsus, from pruīna.

Adjective

pruinose (comparative more pruinose, superlative most pruinose)

  1. (botany) Having a very fine whitish powder (bloom) on a surface.
  2. (zoology, entomology) Covered with a very fine whitish layer of wax particles.

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Italian

Adjective

pruinose

  1. feminine plural of pruinoso

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Latin

Adjective

pruīnōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of pruīnōsus