pulverulent

American  

[puhl-ver-yuh-luhnt, -ver-uh-luhnt] / pʌlˈvɛr yə lənt, -ˈvɛr ə lənt /

adjective

1. consisting of dust or fine powder.

2. crumbling to dust or powder.

3. covered with dust or powder.

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pulverulent British  

/ pʌlˈvɛrʊlənt /

adjective

1. consisting of, covered with, or crumbling to dust or fine particles

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Other Word Forms

• pulverulence noun
• pulverulently adverb

Etymology

Origin of pulverulent

1650–60; < Latin pulverulentus dusty, equivalent to pulver- (stem of pulvis ) dust + -ulentus -ulent

Example Sentences

The manyplies, or third stomach, contains between its laminæ hard, pulverulent, and dry alimentary substances, which are seen sticking to the different leaves.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

P. 5-8 cm. umb. then convex or depressed, even, glabrous; g. crowded, ventricose; s. 3-5, greyish white, villosely pulverulent, stuffed; sp. 7-8 � 5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. convexo-plane, yellow brown, ochre when dry; g. adnexed; s. 2-4 cm. fistulose, thin, pulverulent, yellowish, with a long filiform root; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. campan. striate, tawny yellow when moist, ochre when dry, edge fimbriately toothed with the veil; g. adnate, yellow then ochre; s. rigid, pulverulent, yellowish; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

When the vein-stuff has been raised it is reduced to a pulverulent condition, to liberate the gold from the gangue.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert