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2024
crustose
crustose
English
Crustose
lichen
Adjective
crustose
(
not comparable
)
(
lichenology
)
Of a
lichen
, growing tightly
appressed
to the
substrate
.
Coordinate terms
(
of a lichen
)
:
foliose
,
fruticose
,
squamose
Anagrams
Scouters
Etymology
From
Latin
crustōsus
(
“
with a hard crust
”
)
.
Pronunciation
(
UK
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/
(
US
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/
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