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lanuginose

UK/ləˈnjuːd͡ʒənəʊs/US/ləˈnud͡ʒənoʊs/

lanuginose adjective: covered with down or fine soft hairs (lanugo); downy or fuzzy.

Adjective

lanuginose (comparative more lanuginose, superlative most lanuginose)

  1. (especially) Covered with down or fine soft hairs (lanugo); downy or fuzzy.
    • lanuginose fruit
    • lanuginose twigs

Forms of lanuginose

comparativemore lanuginose
superlativemost lanuginose
alternative formlanuginous

Origin of lanuginose

Borrowed from Latin lānūginōsus, from lānūgō, lānūginis (“woolly substance, down”), from lāna (“wool”).

Words formed from lanuginose

Questions about lanuginose

What does lanuginose mean?
Lanuginose means covered with down or fine soft hairs (lanugo); downy or fuzzy.
What part of speech is lanuginose?
Lanuginose is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lanuginose?
Lanuginose is pronounced /ləˈnjuːd͡ʒənəʊs/ (UK).

Words near lanuginose in the dictionary

  1. Lantzes
  2. lantzman
  3. lantzmen
  4. Lantzy
  5. Lantzys
  6. lanuginose
  7. lanuginosely
  8. lanuginous
  9. lanugo
  10. lanugos
  11. Lanum

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