slovo | definícia |
powdery (mass) | powdery
- prachový, práškový |
powdery (encz) | powdery,prachový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
powdery (encz) | powdery,práškový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Powdery (gcide) | Powdery \Pow"der*y\, a.
1. Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery
spar.
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2. Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery
bloom on plums.
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3. Resembling powder; consisting of powder. "The powdery
snow." --Wordsworth.
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powdery (wn) | powdery
adj 1: consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose";
"powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from
granulated sugar by grinding" [syn: powdered,
powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained,
fine-grained]
2: as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder; "a powdery
blue" |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
powdery mildew (encz) | powdery mildew, n: |
Powdery (gcide) | Powdery \Pow"der*y\, a.
1. Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery
spar.
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2. Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery
bloom on plums.
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3. Resembling powder; consisting of powder. "The powdery
snow." --Wordsworth.
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powdery mildew (gcide) | Mildew \Mil"dew\, n. [AS. melede['a]w; akin to OHG. militou, G.
mehlthau, mehltau; prob. orig. meaning, honeydew; cf. Goth.
milip honey. See Mellifluous, and Dew.] (Bot.)
A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of
different colors, found on various diseased or decaying
substances.
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powdery mildew a fungal disease of plants caused by an
ascomycete of the order Erysiphales, characterized by a
powdery white film on the surface of the affected plants.
It is damaging to, e.g., roses and lilacs. Also, a fungus
that causes such a disease.
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powdery mildew (wn) | powdery mildew
n 1: any of various fungi of the genus Erysiphe producing
powdery conidia on the host surface |
powdery-blue (wn) | powdery-blue
adj 1: of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue [syn: {powder
blue}, powdery-blue] |
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