pruinose

English

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.

Antonyms

• epruinose

Derived terms

• pruinosity

 

Related terms

• pruina

Translations

(botany)

• German: bereift (de)

Anagrams

• superion, unispore

Italian

Adjective

pruinose

1. feminine plural of pruinoso

Anagrams

• superino

Latin

Adjective

pruīnōse

1. vocative masculine singular of pruīnōsus