pruinose.

Covered with a whitish dustlike bloom or coating on the surface.

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Words that belong together

• pruinose stems
• a pruinose surface
• pruinose fruit

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The pruinose stems looked faintly dusted even after the rain.

A rubbed patch broke the bloom on the pruinose fruit.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / image-rich description. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Commonness: uncommon (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Positive complete definition: adjective covered with whitish dust or bloom, example stems. Frost word in etymology is not proof that the surface coating is actually ice. Individually checked for a distinct image, texture, sound, taste, smell, visual-perception or artistic function. Definitions/examples are original; sensory strength is not assumed to imply emotion. Writing functions: whitish botanical surface bloom, dustlike natural coatings.