squamulose

American  

[skwam-yuh-lohs, skwey-myuh-] / ˈskwæm yəˌloʊs, ˈskweɪ myə- /

adjective

1. furnished or covered with tiny scales.

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squamulose British  

/ ˈskweɪ-, ˈskwæmjʊˌləʊs, -ˌləʊz /

adjective

1. (esp of plants or their parts) covered with minute scales

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Etymology

Origin of squamulose

1840–50; < Latin squāmula small scale ( squām ( a ) scale + -ula -ule ) + -ose ¹

Example Sentences

P. exp. umb. granular, pale or yellowish white, covered with reddish squamules; g. sinuato-decur., pallid; s. colour of p., squamulose up to spreading ring which is also squamulose outside.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 7-12 cm. exp. obtuse, viscid, squamulose, yellow or tinged green; g. sulphur yellow; s. 4-7 cm. yellow; sp. 7-8 � 5. coryphaeum, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 6-9 cm. convex then plane, buff, margin naked, flesh thick; g. crowded, narrow, pallid; s. 2-3 cm. long, 2 cm. or more thick, purple, slightly squamulose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Pileus viscid when moist, innately fibrillose or squamulose, but not broken up.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-5 cm. deformed, viscid, soon dry and squamulose, brownish-grey; g. broad, distant, white then glaucous; s. 4-7 cm. polished, white or tinged yellow; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George