lanuginose

lanuginose
lanuginousness, n.
/leuh nooh"jeuh nohs', -nyooh"-/, adj.
1. covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
2. of the nature of down; downy.
Also, lanuginous /leuh nooh"jeuh neuhs, -nyooh"-/.
[1685-95; < L lanuginosus downy, woolly, equiv. to lanugin- (s. of lanugo; see LANUGO) + -osus -OSE1]

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