crustose

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crustōsus (“with a hard crust”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/

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crustose (not comparable)

  1. (lichenology) Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:
      Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.

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