downiness
Example Sentences
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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
Never was a bed so sweetly smoothed to the downiness of a swan's breast!
From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
The poplar foliage had the downiness of a Corot arbor; the green and silver trunks were as candid as the birches, as slender and lustrous as the limbs of a Pierrot.
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
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 habit of the shrub is densely bushy, and the foliage has a greyish green colour from its downiness.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John
