Usually means: Covered with soft, downy hairs.
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▸ adjective:  Covered with down, or fine soft hairs; downy.

Similar:
lanuginous, downy, flocculent, lanate, plumaceous, puberulent, lanated, furred, pubescent, pilose, more...

Opposite:
glabrous, smooth, hairless

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Similar:
lanuginous, downy, flocculent, lanate, plumaceous, puberulent, lanated, furred, pubescent, pilose, more...

Opposite:
glabrous, smooth, hairless



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