Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany and zoology, furrowed or pitted; having small pits or furrows; specifically, in entomology, having well-defined deep and rounded depressions which are larger than punctures; foveate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having numerous small, shallow
depressions orhollows ;pitted .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin scrobiculus, diminutive of scrobis, trench; see sker- in Indo-European roots + –ate.]
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Latin scrobiculus, diminutive of scrobis a ditch or trench.
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