Pruinose Definition

pro͝oə-nōs
adjective
Covered with a white, powdery substance or bloom.
Webster's New World

(botany) Having a very fine whitish powder on a surface.

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Origin of Pruinose

  • Latin pruīnōsus frosty from pruīna hoarfrost preus- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin pruīnōsus, from pruīna

    From Wiktionary

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