SCALELIKE

Meaning of SCALELIKE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective

Etymology: scale (V) + like

: resembling a scale

scalelike design

specifically : reduced to a minute appressed element resembling a scale

scalelike leaves

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SCALELIKE — adjective Date: 1611 resembling a scale
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCALELIKE — adj. resembling scales, resembling the thin plates that form the body covering of some animals
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCALELIKE — adjective Date: 1611 : resembling a scale scalelike design specifically : reduced to a minute appressed element resembling a scale
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCALELIKE — [scale.like] adj (1883): resembling a scale "~ design"; specif: reduced to a minute appressed element resembling a scale
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCALELIKE — чешуеобразный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCALELIKE — чешуеобразный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SCALELIKE — чешуеобразный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCALELIKE — чешуеобразный
Англо-Русский словарь
SCALELIKE — adj. Pronunciation: ' sk ā l- ˌ l ī k Function: adjective Date: 1611 : resembling a scale < scalelike …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCALIOSE — adj scaly, scalelike
Interlingua English vocab
THUJA — noun see: thyme Date: circa 1760 any of a genus ( Thuja ) of evergreen shrubs and trees (as an …
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SQUAMOUS — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin squamosus, from squama scale Date: 15th century 1. covered with or consisting of scales …
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SELAGINELLA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin selagin-, selago, a plant resembling the savin Date: 1891 any of a genus ( …
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RHIZOME — noun see: root Date: 1845 a somewhat elongate usually horizontal subterranean plant stem that is often thickened by deposits of …
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RED CEDAR — noun Date: 1682 a common juniper ( Juniperus virginiana ) chiefly of the eastern United States that has dark green …
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LYCOPODIUM — noun see: foot Date: circa 1706 any of a large genus ( Lycopodium ) of erect or creeping club mosses …
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LIGULE — noun see: lick Date: circa 1847 a scalelike projection especially on a plant: as, a thin appendage of a foliage …
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INCENSE CEDAR — noun Date: 1877 a tall tree ( Calocedrus decurrens syn. Libocedrus decurrens ) of the cypress family found growing from …
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CONIFER — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin ~ cone-bearing, from conus cone + -fer Date: circa 1841 any of an order (Coniferales) …
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CASUARINA — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Malay (pohon) kĕsuari, literally, cassowary tree; from the resemblance of its twigs to …
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ASPARAGUS — noun (plural -gus) Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, ~ plant, from Greek asparagos; perhaps akin to Greek spargan …
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SMILAX — Any of about 300 species of woody or herbaceous vines, variously known as catbriers and greenbriers, that make up the …
Английский словарь Британика
SANDALWOOD — Any semiparasitic plant of the genus Santalum (family Santalaceae; the sandalwood family), or its wood, especially the wood of the …
Английский словарь Британика
MADDER FAMILY — Family Rubiaceae, composed of about 6,500 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in 500 genera. The leaves usually are large …
Английский словарь Британика
FERN — Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering spores . Though ferns were once classified with the primitive horsetails …
Английский словарь Британика
EVERGREEN — Any plant that retains its leaves through the winter and into the following summer or through several years. Many tropical …
Английский словарь Британика
SCALED — I. ˈskāld, esp before pause or consonant -āəld adjective Etymology: Middle English, from scale (V) + -ed 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PENGUIN — ˈpengwə̇n, -eŋg- noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from Welsh pen gwyn white head, from pen head + gywn white; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CASUARINALES — the beefwood order of dicotyledonous flowering plants comprising the family Casuarinaceae, with two genera (Casuarina, 30 species; Gymnostoma, 20 species) …
Britannica English vocabulary
SQUAMA — n. (pl. squamae) 1 a scale on an animal or plant. 2 a thin scalelike plate of bone. 3 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SQUAMA — n. (pl. squamae) 1 a scale on an animal or plant. 2 a thin scalelike plate of bone. 3 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SQUAMA — n. (pl. squamae) 1. a scale on an animal or plant. 2 a thin scalelike plate of bone. 3 a …
Oxford English vocab

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