Dusty; consisting of fine powder; powdery: as, calcareous stone is sometimes found in the pulverulent form.In zoology, finely powdery or dusty, as a surface; especially, covered as if powdered with very minute scales, as an insect.In botany: Covered as if with powder or dust; pulveraceous: said of surfaces.Of very slight cohesion: said of tissues.Addicted to lying and rolling in the dust, as fowls.