Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pluvial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pluvial \Plu"vi*al\, a. [L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F.
pluvial. See {Plover}.]
1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.]
2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pluvial \Plu"vi*al\, n. [LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off
the rain: cf. F. pluvial.]
A priest's cope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pluvial
adj : marked by rain; "their vacation turned out to be a series of
rainy days" [syn: {rainy}, {pluvious}]
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