Definitions
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- adjective Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.
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- adjective Covered with
down , or fine soft hairs;downy .
Etymologies
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Latin lanuginosus, from lanugo, lanuginis, woolly substance, down, from lana wool.
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This group consists of heracleifolia types, lanuginose types, sans and viorna.
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