downy


Definition: Meaning of, downy in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈdaʊni /

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downy downier downiest
  1. covered in or filled with soft fine hair or feathers
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downy used in phrases

  • downy ash (noun)
    1. smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
  • downy birch (noun)
    1. european birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
  • downy brome (noun)
    1. annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
  • downy bromegrass (noun)
    1. annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
  • downy cheat (noun)
    1. annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
  • downy chess (noun)
    1. annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
  • downy ground cherry (noun)
    1. decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk
  • downy haw (noun)
    1. american red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
  • downy manzanita (noun)
    1. erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young
  • downy mildew (noun)
    1. any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons
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