| pulveraceous | <botany> Having a finely powdered surface; pulverulent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pulverise | To reduce to a powder. Origin: L. Pulverizo, fr. Pulvis, pulveris, dust (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulverization | Reduction to powder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulverulent | In a state of powder; powdery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulvillus | Origin: L, a little cushion. <zoology> One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulvinar | <anatomy> A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain. Origin: L, a cushion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulvinar nucleus | The large caudal portion of the lateral thalamic nuclear group; may be divided into oral, inferior, medial and lateral parts based on cytoarchitecture and connections; functionally related to the visual system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulvinate | Raised or convex, denoting a form of surface elevation of a bacterial culture. Origin: L. Pulvinus, cushion (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulvinated | 1. Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze. 2. <zoology> Having the form of a cushion. Origin: L. Pulvinatus, fr. Pulvinus a cushion, an elevation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulvinic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the decomposition of vulpinic acid, as a white crystalline substance. Origin: From Vulpinic, by transposition of the letters. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulvinulus | Origin: L, a little mound. <zoology> Same as Pulvillus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulvinus | <plant biology> A swelling at the base of the stalk of a leaf or leaflet, often glandular or responsive to touch. (09 Oct 1997) |