lepidote

American

[lep-i-doht] / ˈlɛp ɪˌdoʊt /

adjective

Botany.

covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.

lepidote British

/ ˈlɛpɪˌdəʊt /

adjective

biology covered with scales, scaly leaves, or spots

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Etymology

Origin of lepidote

1830–40; < New Latin lepidōtus < Greek lepidōtós scaly, equivalent to lepidō- (verbid stem of lepidoûn to make scaly; see lepido-) + -tos verbid suffix

Example Sentences

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Filaments toothless.—Low herbs, hoary with stellate hairs or lepidote.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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