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lanuginous

UK/ləˈnjuːd͡ʒɪnəs/US/ləˈnud͡ʒənəs/

lanuginous is the alternative form of lanuginose.

Meaning of lanuginose

Adjective

lanuginose (comparative more lanuginose, superlative most lanuginose)

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

Forms of lanuginous

comparativemore lanuginous
superlativemost lanuginous

Questions about lanuginous

What is lanuginous the alternative form of?
Lanuginous is the alternative form of lanuginose.
How do you pronounce lanuginous?
Lanuginous is pronounced /ləˈnjuːd͡ʒɪnəs/ (UK).

Words near lanuginous in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lanuginous (page history and authors); lanuginose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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