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

There were seldom any clouds in the summer sky, and those that were there were never of that soft, high-piled white downiness that belongs to summer clouds farther south.

From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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

And above the organ rose the notes of a voice; high, soft, enveloped in a kind of downiness, like a cloud of incense, and which ran through the mazes of a long cadence.

From Hauntings by Lee, Vernon

"A baby that's loved and taken care of is just nothing but fine soft lawns and white downiness with the scent of fresh violets under leaves in the rain."

From Robin by Burnett, Frances Hodgson