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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

lanuginosus

, fr.

lanugo

-ginis

, woolly substance, down, fr.

lana

wool: cf. F.

lanugineux

Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.

Adj.

[L. lanuginosus, from lanugo, down, from lana, wool.]

Downy; covered with down, or fine soft hair.

lanuginous ‎(comparative more lanuginous, superlative most lanuginous)