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verrucose
[ ver-uh-kohs, vuh-roo-kohs ]
adjective
- studded with wartlike protuberances or elevations.
verrucose
/ ˌvɛrʊˈkɒsɪtɪ; vɛˈruːkəs; ˈvɛrʊkəs; ˈvɛrʊˌkəʊs /
adjective
- botany covered with warty processes
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Derived Forms
- verrucosity, noun
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Other Words From
- ver·ru·cos·i·ty [ver-, uh, -, kos, -i-tee], verru·coseness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of verrucose1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of verrucose1
C17: from Latin verrūcōsus full of warts, from verrūca a wart
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Example Sentences
The sporidia in many cases are large, reticulated, echinulate or verrucose, and mostly somewhat globose.
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The spores are ovoid, and have a minutely verrucose or warty surface.
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Verrucose: having little hard lumps or wart-like elevations.
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It is generally the ordinary verrucose endocarditis that obtains.
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The characteristic of this plant is the verrucose inner peridium.
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