CRUSTOSE


Meaning of CRUSTOSE in English

/krus"tohs/ , adj. Bot., Mycol.

forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens. Cf. foliose, fruticose .

[ 1875-80; crustosus covered with a crust, equiv. to crust ( a ) CRUST + -osus -OSE 1 ]

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