Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Scurfy or scaly; leprous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, scale-like or scurf-like: said of some crustaceous lichens whose thallus adheres to trees or stones like a scurf; lepidote.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Nat. Hist.) Covered with thin, scurfy scales.
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- adjective biology Covered with thin,
scurfy scales .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin leprōsus; see leprous.]
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See leprous.
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Examples
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Thallus usually composed of minute granules, these often run together to form a leprose or verrucose and rarely areolate or even subsquamulose crust, rarely disappearing; apothecia minute or small, usually adnate, with a weak and often covered exciple; hypothecium pale to dark brown; hymenium pale or tinged brown; spores hyaline, usually fusiform or dactyloid, varying from 4 - to 9-celled.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894
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