favose
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin favus (“honeycomb”) + -ose.
Adjective edit
favose (comparative more favose, superlative most favose)
- (botany) Honeycombed.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.
Related terms edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “favose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)