Definition of downy

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Downy (a.) Cunning; wary.

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Pubes :: Pubes (n.) The down of plants; a downy or villous substance which grows on plants; pubescence.
Cherimoyer :: Cherimoyer (n.) A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru..
Blowball :: Blowball (n.) The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away..
Woundwort :: Woundwort (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys..
Web :: Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather..
Pullus :: Pullus (n.) A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.
Lanuginous :: Lanuginous (a.) Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy..
Downy :: Downy (a.) Cunning; wary.
Blight :: Blight (n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects..
Nappy :: Nappy (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.
Downy :: Downy (a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet..
Cottony :: Cottony (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly..
Puberulent :: Puberulent (a.) Very minutely downy.
Tail :: Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
Flossy :: Flossy (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy..
Fluffy :: Fluffy (superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy..
Mollipilose :: Mollipilose (a.) Having soft hairs; downy.
Coronule :: Coronule (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.
Downiness :: Downiness (n.) The quality or state of being downy.
Fluey :: Fluey (a.) Downy; fluffy.
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