areolate
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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
The skin on the flanks of both sexes of buckleyi is weakly areolate; in the other species the flanks are smooth.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
This areolate dermal condition is present in all specimens and does not occur in other species of Osteocephalus.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
Veins areolate; fertile fronds taller, twelve to twenty inches high with narrowly linear divisions, the areoles and fruit-dots in a single row each side of the secondary midrib, the latter sunk in the tissues.
From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by George Henry Tilton
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
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