PRUINOSE


Meaning of PRUINOSE in English

/prooh"euh nohs'/ , adj. Bot., Zool.

covered with a frostlike bloom or powdery secretion, as a plant surface.

[ 1820-30; pruinosus frosty, equiv. to pruin ( a ) frost (akin to FREEZE) + -osus -OSE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .