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pru·nel·la    Audio Help   [proo-nel-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
2.a smooth-faced fabric made of mixed fibers or wool, formerly used in the manufacture of women's dresses and of robes for clerics, scholars, and lawyers.
Also, prunelle, pru·nel·lo    Audio Help   [proo-nel-oh] Pronunciation Key.


[Origin: 1650–60; perh. special use of prunelle, from the dark color of the cloth]
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pru·nel·la    Audio Help   (prōō-něl'ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A strong heavy fabric of worsted twill, used chiefly for shoe uppers, clerical robes, and academic gowns.


[Alteration of French prunelle, sloe, from Old French, diminutive of prune, prune; see prune1.]

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prunella

noun
1. small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers 
2. type genus of the Prunellidae 

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Prunella

Pru*nel"la\, n. [NL., perhaps from G. br[ae]une quinsy, croup.] (Med.) (a) Angina, or angina pectoris. (b) Thrush.

Prunella salt (Old Chem.), niter fused and cast into little balls.

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Prunella

Pru*nel"la\, Prunello \Pru*nel"lo\, n. [F. prunelle, probably so called from its color resembling that of prunes. See Prune, n.] A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.

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