pubescent
Covered with hairs, especially if short, soft, and down-like.
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Pubescent - hairy.
Canescent - covered with gray or white soft hairs as in Leucophyllum frutescens (Texas sage).
Tomentose - covered with matted, woolly hairs.
pubescent Having short hairs.
pupa The stage between larva and adult in insects that go through complete metamorphosis.
pubescent
Covered with short, soft hairs. The well known African violet has pubescent leaves.
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Pubescent plants are valuable tools in garden design.
First, they can truly glow under moonlight because the hairs can be so reflective they become iridescent.
Plants are pubescent, much-branched and grow 10-16 inches tall on slender stems. The growth habit is intermediate between the sprawling form of creeping phlox (P. subulata) and the stiffly erect form of the summer flowering garden phlox (P.
Glandular-pubescent With gland-tipped hairs.
Glauca/glaucum/glaucus Covered with a white or bluish waxy bloom.
Globose Shaped like a globe; spherical.
(L. pubes, adult) covered with fine, short, and nearly imperceptable down; minutely pubescent, the hairs soft, straight, erect, but scarcely visible to the unaided eye.pubescent search for term- a.
'All Gold' has richly scented, pubescent leaves that keep their bright yellow coloration throughout the season. Foliage color is best in partial shade. Grows 1.5 feet tall with a spread of 1.5 feet.
forsteri (or perhaps P. fruticosus), distinguished by irregular margins of pale lime against a deep-green pubescent leaf on an erect plant.
This pubescence is reminiscent of the velvet-covered new horns of the stag or male deer. The pubescent stems of Rhus typhina distinguish it from Rhus glabra, the smooth sumac, which is a dead ringer to the untrained eye, except for the lack of fuzz.
Drilling embeds the seeds into the soil so they don't erode or blow away. Common grasses that will control erosion are smooth brome, Timothy, meadow foxtail, wheatgrass varieties (pubescent, intermediate, slender) and fescue varieties (chewings, red, ...
pollen Minute powder-like grains borne by the anther. Pollen contains the male gametophyte of a plant. precocious Flowering before the leaves appear. pubescent Covered with soft, short hair.
 See also: Flower, Plant, Spring, Division, Foliage
  
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