Dictionary entry

Lanuginose

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ La‐nu″gi‐nose′ (?), La‐nu″gi‐nous (?), } a. [L. lanuginosus, fr. lanugo, -ginis, woolly substance, down, fr. lana wool: cf. F. lanugineux.] Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.