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crustose
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English
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Crustose
lichen
Etymology
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Borrowed from
Latin
crustōsus
(
“
with a hard crust
”
)
.
Pronunciation
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(
UK
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/
(
US
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/
Adjective
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crustose
(
not
comparable
)
(
lichenology
)
Of a
lichen
, growing tightly
appressed
to the
substrate
.
Related terms
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crust
Coordinate terms
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(
of a lichen
)
:
foliose
,
fruticose
,
squamose
Anagrams
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Scouters
,
scourest
,
scouters