peronate

peronate
\\pəˈrōnə̇t, ˈperəˌnāt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin peronatus having boots of untanned leather, from peron-, pero hide boot (probably from pera leather sack, pouch, from Greek pēra) + -atus -ate
: having a mealy or woolly covering resembling a boot or stocking — used of the stipe of a mushroom

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  • Peronate — Per o*nate, a. [L. peronatus rough?booted, fr. pero, onis, a kind of rough boot.] (Bot.) A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery. Henslow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peronate — adjective sheathed with a covering …   Wiktionary

  • peronate — pero·nate …   English syllables

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