crustose

English

Crustose lichen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/

Adjective

crustose (not comparable)

1. (lichenology) Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
   • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:

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

Coordinate terms

• (of a lichen): foliose, fruticose, squamose

Related terms

• crust

Anagrams

• Scouters, scourest, scouters