What does "powdery" mean?
Powdery: Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums.
Additional senses
- 2.Resembling powder; consisting of powder. "The powdery snow." Wordsworth.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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