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esquamulose

adj
/iːˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/UK/iˈskweɪmjʊloʊs/US

Etymology

From e- (prefix forming adjectives with the sense of lacking something) + squamulose; squamulose is derived from New Latin squāmulōsus (“squamulose”), from Latin squamula (“small scales”) (diminutive of squāma (“scale of a fish or reptile; item shaped like a scale, flake”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’). The English word is analysable as e- + squamula + -ose.

  1. derived from squamula
  2. derived from squāmulōsus

Definitions

  1. Not covered in scales or scale-like objects

    Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a smooth skin or outer covering.

    • Saurauja nudiflora, [...]. A tree 20 to 30 feet high; youngest branchlets dark-coloured, squamulose towards the apex; the older esquamulose, pale, faintly striate.
    • Hookeri [...] In the only British specimen seen these are about 1 in. high, robust, entirely esquamulose, with the apothecia somewhat large, conglomerate, and having a few minute squamules intermixed.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for esquamulose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA