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pulverulent

[puhl-ver-yuh-luhnt, -ver-uh-luhnt] / pʌlˈvɛr yə lənt, -ˈvɛr ə lənt /
ADJECTIVE
fine
Synonyms
WEAK
diaphanous dusty ethereal exquisite filmy fine-drawn fine-grained fine-spun flimsy fragile gauzy gossamer gossamery granular impalpable light lightweight little loose minute porous powdered powdery pulverized pulverous quality slender small thin threadlike transparent

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P. 5-8 cm. umb. then convex or depressed, even, glabrous; g. crowded, ventricose; s. 3-5, greyish white, villosely pulverulent, stuffed; sp. 7-8 � 5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

When the vein-stuff has been raised it is reduced to a pulverulent condition, to liberate the gold from the gangue.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

P. elliptic-oblong then campan. striate, snow-white edge becoming rosy, pulverulent, with tawny flecks; g. free; s.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 1.5-2.5 cm. umb. subcampan. silkily squamulose, tawny brown; g. fawn then rusty; s. 2-3 cm. fibrillose, reddish, pulverulent above; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-4 cm. camp. obtuse, edge denticulate, reddish disc darker; g. adnate, whitish, edge the same; s. 4-5 cm. reddish, white pulverulent, containing dusky red juice. cruenta, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George