Definitions for pruinose

pruinose pru·i·nose

Spelling: [proo-uh-nohs]
IPA: /ˈpru əˌnoʊs/

Pruinose is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 404 anagrams from letters in pruinose (einoprsu).

Definitions for pruinose

adjective

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

Origin of pruinose

1820-30; Latin pruīnōsus frosty, equivalent to pruīn(a) frost (akin to freeze) + -ōsus -ose1

Examples for pruinose

The stem is slender, wavy, same color as the pileus, pruinose at the apex.

Pollen: a dusty or pruinose surface covering which is easily rubbed off; used mostly in Diptera.

Spring-shoots slender, pruinose; branchlets very pliant and tough, summer-shoots abundant.

Spring-shoots multinodal, pruinose; branchlets pliant and tough.

pruinose, Pruinate, frosted; covered with a powder like hoar-frost.

The stem is long and slender, equal or slightly tapering upward, usually curved; pruinose or mealy.

The cuticle is sometimes covered with fibres, or with a bloom upon it (pruinose).

Word Value for pruinose
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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