PUBERULENT
downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous
(adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down; “downy milkweed seeds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the Latin puber, (downy, adult) + -ulent, from ulentus, (abounding in).
Adjective
puberulent (comparative more puberulent, superlative most puberulent)
covered in soft, downy hairs
Source: Wiktionary
Pu*ber"u*lent, a. Etym: [See Pubis.] (Bot.)
Definition: Very minutely downy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
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