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单词 pubigerous
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pubigerousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pubigerus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin pubigerus bearing downy hairs (1760 or earlier as specific epithet in botanical use; < classical Latin pūbi- , stem of pūbēs pubes n. + -gerus : see -gerous comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare Portuguese pubígero in same sense (1873 in botanical use). Compare earlier pubescent adj. 2, puberulent adj., puberulous adj.
Botany and Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Bearing downy hairs; pubescent.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pubigerous, bearing down or downy hairs; pubescent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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