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Definition of pruinose - 2 dictionary results

pru⋅i⋅nose

  [proo-uh-nohs]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.
Origin:
1820–30; < L pruīnōsus frosty, equiv. to pruīn(a) frost (akin to freeze ) + -ōsus -ose 1
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pru·i·nose   (prōō'ə-nōs')   
adj.   Botany
Having a white, powdery covering or bloom.

[Latin pruīnōsus, frosty, from pruīna, hoarfrost; see preus- in Indo-European roots.]
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