pellicle
— Noun
– English
~ thin protective membrane in some protozoa
Pellicularia
— Noun
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~ genus of fungi having the hymenium in the form of a crust; some species formerly placed in form genus Rhizoctinia
Pellicularia filamentosa
— Noun
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~ fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers
Pellicularia koleroga
— Noun
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~ fungus causing a disease in coffee and some other tropical plants
pellitory
— Noun
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~ herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
pellitory
— Noun
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~ a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache
pellucid
— Adjective
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~ (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
pellucid
— Adjective
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~ transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"
pellucidity
— Noun
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~ passing light without diffusion or distortion
pellucidity
— Noun
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~ free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
pellucidly
— Adverb
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~ in a clear and lucid manner; "this is a lucidly written book"
pellucidness
— Noun
– English
~ passing light without diffusion or distortion