pulverulent
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prettygoodwordpulverulent (puhl-VER-yuh-luhnt) - adj., covered in, consisting of, or crumbling into dust or fine powder; dusty; crumbly.
Which sense to understand depends on context. Currently used, if at all, primarily in biology and medicine. Adopted in the 1650s from Latin pulverulentus, dusty, from pulvis, dust + -lentus, abounding in.
---L.
Which sense to understand depends on context. Currently used, if at all, primarily in biology and medicine. Adopted in the 1650s from Latin pulverulentus, dusty, from pulvis, dust + -lentus, abounding in.
---L.
