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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