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velutinous

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Adjective
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CIDE DICTIONARY

velutinousa. [It. velluto velvet. See Velvet.].
     Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

velutinous, adj. covered with soft fine hairs.

Etymology
perh. f. It. vellutino f. velluto VELVET

ROGET THESAURUS

velutinous

Smoothness

N smoothness, polish, gloss, lubricity, lubrication, down, velvet, velure, silk, satin, velveteen, velour, velours, velumen, glass, ice, slide, bowling green, asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags, roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill, sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander, flat iron, sad iron, burnisher, turpentine and beeswax, polish, shoe polish, lapidary, lapidary, lapidarian, smooth, polished, leiodermatous, slick, velutinous, even, level, plane, sleek, glossy, silken, silky, lanate, downy, velvety, glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled, smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil, slippery as an eel, woolly, smooth as silk, slippery as coonshit on a pump handle, slippery as a greased pig.

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