lanuginosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lānūgĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [lanugo],

woolly, downy (Plinian): araneus, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85: vermiculus, id. 30, 15, 47, § 139: lanuginosa et aspera folia, id. 25, 8, 45, § 83. — Comp. : herba lanuginosior, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.