downiness
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The variety may also be known by the downiness of the young leaves, the calyx-tube, and the stalks.
From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward
The downiness noticed on the underside of the Bullace leaves is here restricted to the ribs of the leaf.
From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward
Plum or plump, as applied to a bed, would certainly convey the idea of softness or downiness.
From Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
The poplar foliage had the downiness of a Corot arbor; the green and silver trunks were as candid as the birches, as slender and lustrous as the limbs of a Pierrot.
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
You shall receive it, Miss O'Carroll, with all the gloss of novelty; fresh as a ripe green-gage in all the downiness of its bloom.
From Nightmare Abbey by Peacock, Thomas Love
