areolate
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The skin on the dorsum is smooth with scattered small tubercles and areolate on the anterior part of the flanks.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
Skin of dorsal surfaces of head, body, and limbs faintly areolate; skin of chin, belly, and ventral surfaces of thighs granular, that of ventral surfaces of limbs, except thighs, areolate; thoracic fold absent.
From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by William E. Duellman
The ventral coloration of the type of Hyla festae resembles that of Osteocephalus verrucigerus, but the type differs from verrucigerus by having areolate skin on the flanks and distinct dark markings on the dorsum.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
Three types of spores may be said to prevail in the Tuberacei: the smooth spored, the warted or spinulose, and the areolate.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
As the stem elongates and the pileus enlarges and expands, the volva is torn into areolate patches.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
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