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PRONUNCIATION OF PRUINA

pruina  [pruːˈiːnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRUINA

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Pruina is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRUINA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pruina

Pruinescence

Pruinescence /ˌpruːɨˈnɛsns/, or pruinosity, is a "bloom" caused by pigment on top of an insect's cuticle that covers up the underlying coloration, giving a dusty or frosted appearance. The pruinescence is commonly white to pale blue in color, but can also be gray, pink, purple, or red; these colors may be produced by Tyndall scattering of light. When pale in color, pruinescence often strongly reflects ultraviolet. The adjectival form is pruinose /ˈpruːɨnoʊs, -z/. Pruinescence is found in many species of Odonata, particularly damselflies of the families Lestidae and Coenagrionidae, where it occurs on the wings and body. Among true dragonflies it is most common on male Libellulidae. In the Common Whitetail and Blue Dasher dragonflies, males display the pruinescence on the back of the abdomen to other males as a territorial threat. Other Odonata may use pruinescence to recognize members of their own species or to cool their bodies by reflecting radiation away.

Definition of pruina in the English dictionary

The definition of pruina in the dictionary is a woolly white covering on some lichens, also known as `frosting'.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRUINA


arena
əˈriːnə
Argentina
ˌɑːdʒənˈtiːnə
Athena
əˈθiːnə
ballerina
ˌbæləˈriːnə
carina
kəˈriːnə
Christina
krɪˈstiːnə
cleaner
ˈkliːnə
corvina
kɔːˈviːnə
Filipina
ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnə
Herzegovina
ˌhɜːtsəɡəʊˈviːnə
hyaena
haɪˈiːnə
hyena
haɪˈiːnə
kina
ˈkiːnə
Lena
ˈliːnə
marina
məˈriːnə
medina
mɛˈdiːnə
Messina
mɛˈsiːnə
Pasadena
ˌpæsəˈdiːnə
piscina
pɪˈsiːnə
tina
ˈtiːnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRUINA

prudentialism
prudentialist
prudentiality
prudentially
Prudentius
prudently
prudery
prudish
prudishly
prudishness
pruinose
prunable
prune
prunella
prunelle
prunello
pruner
pruning
pruning hook
pruning knife

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRUINA

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia-Herzegovina
cantina
Carolina
china
coquina
cortina
Hercegovina
Latina
mina
Molina
North Carolina
quina
quinaquina
Regina
retina
Santa Catarina
South Carolina
vagina
vina

Synonyms and antonyms of pruina in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pruina» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRUINA

Find out the translation of pruina to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

pruina
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pruina
570 millions of speakers

English

pruina
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pruina
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pruina
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pruina
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pruina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pruina
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pruine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pruina
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pruina
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pruina
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pruina
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pruina
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pruina
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pruina
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pruina
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pruina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nalotem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pruina
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pruină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pruina
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pruina
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pruina
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pruina
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pruina

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRUINA»

The term «pruina» is normally little used and occupies the 143.265 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRUINA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pruina» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pruina» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pruina

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRUINA»

Discover the use of pruina in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pruina and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Alfred of Sareshel's Commentary on the Metheora of ...
Cum autem vapor humidus 346bl6 ascendens aerem valde frigidum invenerit, fit pruina; et est pruina corpus quoddam album quod herbis arboribusque que nudo aeri exponun- tur invenitur adherens simile nivi, excepto quod compactius est.
Alfred of Sareshel, James K. Otte, 1988
2
True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): ...
Exocorial pruina present on small basal portion of forewing. extremely short, about as wide as and similar in length to endocorial pruina; embolar groove practically undeveloped; proximal sector of Cu on forewing indistinguishable, Cu  ...
Randall T. Schuh, James Alexander Slater, 1995
3
Aristotle's Meteorology in the Arabico-Latin Tradition: A ...
Cum ergo elevatur vapor, et est quod supervenit ei ex nocte et die vehementia frigoris, aggregat ipsum, et fit vapor ille ascendens pruina, et quando frigus super ipsum est parvum, exprimit ipsum rorem. Et pruina est vapor congelatus, ...
Aristóteles, Pieter L. Schoonheim, 2000
4
Dante Philomythes and Philosopher: Man in the Cosmos
14, §99). 'Ros et pruina contingunt ex hoc quod de die, sole existente super terram, aliquid evaporat ex humido aqueo propter solis calorem; quod quidem evaporatum non multum suspenditur vel elevatur super terram . . . Et ita, cum de nocte ...
Patrick Boyde, 1983
5
Mushrooms of Northeastern North America
Cap very small, no more than %" (1 cm) wide, purplish to reddish brown with a dense pruina at first (use a hand lens), distinctly sulcate to plicate at maturity; often shrinking in dry weather and reviving in wet weather; stalk base inserted into the ...
Alan Bessette, 1997
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Old English Biblical Verse: Studies in Genesis, Exodus and ...
III.67 (iiyoc) III.67 (frigus) III.68 (vuperoi) IlI.68 (pruina) III.69(1uiyoi) IIL69 (gelu) III. 7O (1lU'.XVO.l) III .70 (glarier) III.7l III.72 III.73 III.74 III.75 III.76 III.77 III.78 IlI.79 III. 80 III.8l III.82 III.83 III .84 III .85 III.86 III.87 III .88 III.71 III.72 III.73 III.74 III.75 IIl.76 ...
Paul G. Remley, 1996
7
The Lichens
Although environmentally induced in many taxa, its expression is undoubtedly genetically controlled in other groups, as in Physconia, which has large species- specific flocks of pruina (Poelt, 1966). Here the actual production of pruina, as well ...
Vernon Ahmadijian, 2012
8
Specimen of a Lichenographia Britannica: Or Attempt at a ...
Ons. The bright yellow-green pruina is sometimes entirely rubbed 03 the capitulum, and the whole pilidium is then of a dark dull brown. Occasionally also the peduncle is tinged with the green pruina. This curious little Calicium being sent to Dr.
Dawson Turner, William Borrer, 1839
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U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
D19). Pygidium, X 5, USNM 169140, USGS colln. 6325-CO. Solenopleura pruina faunule 19-22. Solenopleura pruina n. sp., all from USGS colln. 6320-CO (p. D26 ). 19, 20. Top and front views of holotype cranidium, X 3.5, USNM 169141. 21.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1963
10
A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish ...
See probó] pruína f. hoarfrost. [L. pruina: id. See *preus- in App. Akin to Sp. prurito, E. frost.]; pruínoso, sa a. pruinose; pruriginoso, sa a. pruriginous. [L. pruriginosus: id. <pruina] prurigo m. prurigo. [L. prarigo: an itching <prarire, pp. pruritus: to ...
Edward A. Roberts, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRUINA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pruina is used in the context of the following news items.
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Llega temporada de la ciruela a la Central de Abasto
La ciruela es una fruta redonda u oval recubierta por una cera blanquecina (pruina), de color amarillo, rojo o violáceo, con pedúnculo mediano, piloso, con ... «SDPnoticias.com, Jul 15»
2
Si chiama Drosophila suzukii il nemico dei mirtilli
Duke (giugno-primi di luglio): limitato ad un 5-6%; Brigitta e cultivar tardive: danni del 70-80% fino al 100; cultivar a bacca chiara (presenza di pruina) e ... «Valtellina News, Jun 15»
3
Le Susine bianche di Monreale all'Expo 2015 con l'azienda Colline …
Delicatissime e molto profumate, ricoperte da una pruina bianca, per la loro freschezza e genuinità sono state da sempre considerate sollievo per il cuore. «Monreale Press, May 15»
4
Avances en el control biológico de pulgones en cultivo de arándano
Los tratamientos químicos además deterioran la pruina que cubre los frutos reduciendo la calidad de los mismos. Por lo tanto se hace imprescindible el ... «Interempresas, Nov 14»
5
Arándanos, bondades del fruto azul
Cabe destacar que la cosecha manualmente permite mantener la calidad del producto, ya que cuando la recolección se mecaniza se afecta la pruina (cera que ... «AIM Digital, Sep 14»
6
Las plantas aromáticas cerca de la vid influyen en los vinos
Al ser liberadas son captadas por la pruina, sustancia grasa que recubre la epidermis de las bayas de la uva”, agregaron. En el marco del proyecto de ... «Tiempo Patagonico, Jul 14»
7
Frutta e verdura: vanno mangiati con o senza buccia? Ecco quali …
... costituita da molecole difficilmente degradabili e fisicamente resistenti, come per esempio fibre alimentari, soprattutto non solubili, e la pruina (cera vegetale). «Eticamente.net, Feb 14»
8
Uppgifter: Neymar lider av blodbrist
Första intrycket var att hans vikt är lite väl låg och förmodligen saknar han något kilogram men jag kan inte säga exakt hur mycket, sa Pruina enligt Reuters. «Aftonbladet, Aug 13»
9
El origen biológico del vino
... procede de la propia Vitis, que generosamente ofrece a Saccharo la grasa de su pruina, capa cérea rica en ácidos grasos que a modo de capa impermeable, ... «La Rioja, Mar 13»
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Plantar aromáticas cerca de la vid, ¿transfiere características al vino?
El cultivo conjunto de especies aromáticas con la vid, por las características intrínsecas de ésta (pruina), puede dar como resultados la potenciación o aumento ... «Los Andes, Aug 12»

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