n. [ F., from puce a flea. See Puce. ] (Zool.) Any plant louse, or aphis. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; the fibula. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of destructive downy mildews.
prop. n. A natural family of parasitic fungi; the downy mildews.
prop. n. An order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi, including the
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 ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; the fibula. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of destructive downy mildews.
prop. n. A natural family of parasitic fungi; the downy mildews.
prop. n. An order of chiefly parasitic lower fungi, including the