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Definition of Downy

1. Adjective. Like down or as soft as down.

2. Adjective. Covered with fine soft hairs or down. "Downy milkweed seeds"

Definition of Downy

1. a. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.

Definition of Downy

1. Adjective. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Downy

1. soft [adj DOWNIER, DOWNIEST] - See also: soft

Medical Definition of Downy

1. Covered with short, fine hairs. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Downy

downwardly downwardness downwardnesses downwards downwarp downwash downwashes downweed downweigh downweighed

downweighing downweighs downwelling downwind downwinder downy (current term) downy ash downy birch downy brome downy cheat

downy chess downy ground cherry downy haw downy manzanita downy mildew downy poplar downy wood mint downy woodpecker downy yellow violet

Literary usage of Downy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"Leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, pliant; pale and finely downy beneath. ... are pale at the back, being very minutely downy with ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"The experiments of Millardet in France in 1881, and subsequently, led promptly to the perfection of Bordeaux mixture as a fungicide. XIII. downy MILDEW OF ..."

3. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"The downy Woodpecker is the champion tree-protector, and also one of the greatest ... When man is quite unable to find the hidden larvae, downy locates it ..."

4. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"F1 The downy has a way of alighting low down on a tree trunk or at the base of a ... The downy, as other woodpeckers, has a special arrangement of its ..."

5. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1819)
"THE downy Lime Tree belongs to the southern parts of the United States and to the Floridas. It grows of preference on the borders of rivers and large ..."

6. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"During the five preceding years, French growers had been warned against such importations from the United States on account of the downy-mildew of grapes. ..."

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