powdery

  • 11powdery — pow|der|y [ paudəri ] adjective like powder: powdery snow …

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  • 12powdery — adjective 1 like powder or easily broken into powder: The snow was dry and powdery. 2 covered with powder …

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  • 13powdery — adjective a powdery substance floated through the air Syn: fine, dry, fine grained, powder like, dusty, chalky, floury, sandy, crumbly, friable …

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  • 14powdery — UK [ˈpaʊd(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈpaʊdərɪ] adjective like powder powdery snow …

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  • 15powdery — pow•der•y [[t]ˈpaʊ də ri[/t]] adj. 1) consisting of or resembling powder 2) easily reduced to powder: powdery plaster[/ex] 3) sprinkled or covered with or as if with powder • Etymology: 1400–50 …

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  • 16powdery — powder ► NOUN 1) fine dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance. 2) a cosmetic in this form applied to a person s face. 3) dated a medicine in this form. 4) loose, dry, newly fallen snow. 5)… …

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  • 17Powdery mildew — is a fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants. Powdery mildew diseases are caused by many different species of fungi in the order Erysiphales. It is one of the easier diseases to spot, as its symptoms are quite distinctive. Infected… …

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  • 18Powdery mildew (barley) — Powdery mildew is a fungal disease of barley caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei . The disease has a worldwide distribution and is most damaging in cool, wet climates. The host range of the form species hordei is restricted to barley and… …

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  • 19powdery mildew — ☆ powdery mildew n. 1. any of an order (Erysiphales) of ascomycetous fungi that are parasites on the surfaces of higher plants and produce closed fruiting bodies in a powdery mass 2. a plant disease caused by a powdery mildew …

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  • 20Powdery scab — Taxobox name = Powdery scab regnum = Rhizaria phylum = Cercozoa classis = Phytomyxea genus = Spongospora species = S. subterranea binomial = Spongospora subterranea Powdery scab, is a disease that happens to tubers. It is caused by the protozoa… …

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