downy
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It has been trying to restore the woodlands by introducing downy birch, sessile oak, hazel, willow, aspen and alder as well as endangered tree species such as Arran whitebeam.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
In warm weather, it’s alive with nuthatches, chickadees, sometimes a downy woodpecker.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
"Our hypothesis is that these bladder cells also protect against other plant diseases like downy mildew, a fungal disease which severely limits quinoa yields," says Max Moog.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023
The Italian government last month allocated a modest one million euros to help grape producers hurt by downy mildew.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2023
The baby was a beautiful little thing with white skin and downy black curls which grew down into a point on her forehead, like Mama’s.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
You always must have been a precious sight downier than I thought.
From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Bracebridge Hemyng
Hibermate The interior of this handcrafted sleep mask feels like it's stitched out of the downiest fleece, while the satin exterior slips easily against surfaces so the Hibermate stays put if you toss and turn.
From Time Magazine Archive
That night I could not have slept in the downiest of couches, e’en with the softest music of well-played lutes.
From Cedric, the Forester by Bernard Gay Marshall
Although not a Yankee, he nevertheless displayed as much "cuteness" under oft-repeated interrogatories as the downiest "down Easter;" feeling what an important bearing his determination would have upon the expected match with Mr. Staunton.
From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Frederick Milnes Edge
This in a civilized city where hundreds of dogs with jeweled collars slept in luxurious rooms on downiest beds and had servants to wait upon them!
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
"You think a dog's proper place is the best armchair or the downiest bed in the house!"
From Afterwards by Kathlyn Rhodes
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