Definition of Pruinose. Meaning of Pruinose. Synonyms of Pruinose

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Definition of Pruinose

Pruinose
Pruinose Pru"i*nose`, a. [L. pruinosus, fr. pruina hoarfrost.] Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.

Meaning of Pruinose from wikipedia

- (plural: pruinae), from the Latin word for ****frost. The adjectival form is pruinose /ˈpruːɪnoʊs, -z/. A cicada displaying ventral pruinescence Mature male...
- species can be distinguished from C. micaceus by a smooth, rather than pruinose (powdery) stipe, and by having more elliptical spores. Although not conclusively...
- flattened abdomen, four wing patches and, in the male, the abdomen becomes pruinose blue. This insect is around 39–48 mm in length, with both the male and...
- Acarospora thelococcoides is a pruinose (dusty whitish) verruculose (warty) crustose lichen that grows in patches up to 10 cm across that grows on soil...
- 12 cm long by 2 to 3 mm thick, equal to slightly enlarged at the base, pruinose, colored like the cap, staining blue where bruised. Taste: Farinaceous...
- the family Teloschistaceae. The lichen comprises overlapping, slightly pruinose lemon-yellow scales with a lobed margin. It grows on highly calcareous...
- where it grows on Eocene limestone rocks. It has a creamy-white, slightly pruinose thallus that is 0.1–0.5 mm thick and a chalk-like medulla. There are no...
- elder. It is resupinate, forming a very thin structure which is white, pruinose (flour-like dusting) or chalky in appearance. It is inedible. It also grows...
- cortex is grey-brown to brown in color and often mostly to completely pruinose (or covered in calcium oxalate crystals known as pruina). Physconia muscigena...
- mollis can be distinguished from Rosa villosa by its longer leaves and pruinose stem, which is absent in the latter. Rosa mollis usually blossoms in Germany...