niveous

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(niv′ē əs)

adjective

snowy; snowlike

Origin: L niveus, snowy: see nival

See niveous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Resembling snow; snowy.

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Origin: From Latin niveus

Origin: , from nix, niv-, snow; see sneigwh- in Indo-European roots

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