pulverescencen.

Brit.

/ˌpʌlvəˈrɛsns/, U.S.

/ˌpəlvəˈrɛs(ə)ns/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pulverescent adj., -ence suffix.

Etymology: < pulverescent adj.: see -ence suffix.R. G. Mayne (see quot. 1858) also gives a Latin form pulverescentia.

Chiefly Botany. Now rare.

Powderiness; a tendency to powderiness. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by texture > [noun] > powderiness granulation or powder

mealiness1609

meal1744

granulation1796

pulverescence1828

1828 R. K. Greville Sc. Cryptog. Flora VI. 338 Hoary, with a white pulverescence.

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1043/2 Pulverescentia..of a vegetable surface when covered with a kind of farina..as in the Chenopodium purpureum: pulverescence.

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pulverescence, covered over with a powdery substance.

1998 M. Mauldon tr. J.-K. Huysmans Against Nature 136 The burning hot soil which steamed in the scorching pulverescence of the air.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pulverescence
释义	pulverescencen. Brit. /ˌpʌlvəˈrɛsns/, U.S. /ˌpəlvəˈrɛs(ə)ns/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pulverescent adj., -ence suffix. Etymology: < pulverescent adj.: see -ence suffix.R. G. Mayne (see quot. 1858) also gives a Latin form pulverescentia. Chiefly Botany. Now rare. Powderiness; a tendency to powderiness. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > defined by texture > [noun] > powderiness granulation or powder mealiness1609 meal1744 granulation1796 pulverescence1828 1828 R. K. Greville Sc. Cryptog. Flora VI. 338 Hoary, with a white pulverescence. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1043/2 Pulverescentia..of a vegetable surface when covered with a kind of farina..as in the Chenopodium purpureum: pulverescence. 1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pulverescence, covered over with a powdery substance. 1998 M. Mauldon tr. J.-K. Huysmans Against Nature 136 The burning hot soil which steamed in the scorching pulverescence of the air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828
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