Definition of downy

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Downy (a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet..

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Nappy :: Nappy (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.
Cotton :: Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half..
Flossy :: Flossy (a.) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy..
Lanuginous :: Lanuginous (a.) Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy..
Fluffy :: Fluffy (superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy..
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..
Mollipilose :: Mollipilose (a.) Having soft hairs; downy.
Downy :: Downy (a.) Cunning; wary.
Plumulaceous :: Plumulaceous (a.) Downy; bearing down.
Puff-leg :: Puff-leg (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.
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..
Tomentum :: Tomentum (n.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
Puberulent :: Puberulent (a.) Very minutely downy.
Downiness :: Downiness (n.) The quality or state of being downy.
Fur :: Fur (n.) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach..
Cottony :: Cottony (a.) Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly..
Coronule :: Coronule (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.
Downy :: Downy (a.) Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs..
Downy :: Downy (a.) Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet..
Cherimoyer :: Cherimoyer (n.) A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru..
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