crustose

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Pronunciation

/ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/(UK)

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/ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/(UK) · /ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/(US)

Definition of crustose

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adj

(not-comparable)Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.

“Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.”

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Borrowed from Latin crustōsus (“with a hard crust”).

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