- 1. a. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. Source: opted
- 2. a. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc. Source: opted
- 3. adj. absorbing moisture (as from the air) Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. 2. Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc. Source: webster
- 5. j:100 s. absorbing moisture (as from the air) Source: ecdict
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Hygrophorus purpurascensHygrophorus russulaHygrophorus sordidusHygrophorus tennesseensisHygrophorus turundus
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