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dull |
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reflectance |
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Reflecting only a low proportion of incident light, with no apparent sheen. |
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splendent |
= glittering |
reflectance |
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Interruptedly glossy (laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny) and thus sparkling when viewed from changing angles. |
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shining |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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shiny |
= glossy, laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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lustrous |
= glossy, laevigate, polished, shining, shiny |
reflectance |
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Uniformly reflecting a high proportion of incident light at all angles. |
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glittering |
= splendent |
reflectance |
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Interruptedly glossy (laevigate, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny, and thus sparkling when viewed from changing angles. |
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farinaceous 2 |
< mealy |
pubescence |
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Loose, dry, and disintegrating in finely granular pieces like meal or flour. |
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chaffy 1 |
= paleaceous |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing small, thin, more or less erect, papery (chartaceous) to membranous, planate trichomes. |
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floccose |
< tufted |
pubescence |
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Bearing tufts of soft, fine, capillate trichomes that rub off easily. |
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farinose |
< mealy |
pubescence |
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Bearing minute, relatively stout trichomes, collectively meal- or flour-like (farinaceous) and easily detached. See also farinaceous. |
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squamate |
= lepidote, squamose; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing squamae (lepides). See also squamellose. |
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glochidiate |
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pubescence |
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Bearing glochids (glochidia). |
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downy |
= pubescent |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing relatively short, slender, soft, more or less erect, capillate trichomes. See also puberulent. |
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canescent |
= hoary |
pubescence |
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Densely covered with gray, fine, relatively short, capillate trichomes. |
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paleaceous |
= chaffy |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing small, thin, more or less erect, chartaceous (papery) to membranous, planate trichomes. |
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psilate |
= bald, glabrous |
pubescence |
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Lacking trichomes. |
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sericeous |
= silky |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing long, fine, appressed, capillate trichomes and like silk to the touch. |
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squamellose |
< scaly |
pubescence |
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Finely squamose (lepidote). |
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scaly 1 |
> lepidote, squamate, squamellose, squamose |
pubescence |
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Bearing scales [squamae (lepides) or squamellae]. |
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squamose |
= lepidote, squamate; < scaly |
pubescence |
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Bearing squamae (lepides). See also squamellose. |
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silky |
= sericeous |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing long, fine, appressed, capillate trichomes and like silk to the touch. |
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puberulent |
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pubescence |
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Finely pubescent in the restricted sense of that term. |
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hirsute |
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pubescence |
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Bearing coarse, rough, elongate, more or less erect, capillate trichomes. See also hirtellous. |
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tufted 2 |
> floccose |
pubescence |
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Of or bearing tufts of soft, fine, capillate trichomes that rub off easily. |
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hirtellous |
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pubescence |
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Finely hirsute. |
