lanuginose
English
Alternative forms
- lanuginous
Etymology
Latin lanuginosus, from lanugo, lanuginis, woolly substance, down, from lana wool.
Adjective
lanuginose (comparative more lanuginose, superlative most lanuginose)
- Covered with down, or fine soft hairs; downy.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lanuginose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Italian
Adjective
lanuginose
- feminine plural of lanuginoso
Latin
Adjective
lānūginōse
- vocative masculine singular of lānūginōsus