squamulose

American  

[skwam-yuh-lohs, skway-myuh-] / ˈskwæm jəˌloʊs, ˈskweɪ mjə- /

adjective

1. furnished or covered with tiny scales.

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squamulose British  

/ ˈskwæmjʊˌləʊs, ˈskweɪ-, -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

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Example Sentences

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squamulose

P. umb. cracked and torn, fibrillose, rather squamulose towards the edge, reddish violet, disc deep violet; g. broad, ochraceous; s. tall, fibrous, apex pruinose, violet downwards; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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 George Massee

P. 1.5-2.5 cm. umb. subcampan. silkily squamulose, tawny brown; g. fawn then rusty; s. 2-3 cm. fibrillose, reddish, pulverulent above; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. convex, exp. yellow with darker deciduous scales, then glabrous; g. adnate, golden then orange; s. solid, bulbous, floccosely squamulose below ring. erebia, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. convex, depr. round broad umbo, maroon-bay then paler; g. narrow, adnato-decur. connected by numerous veins; s. tinged brown, squamulose, ring persistent, whitish. sphaleromorpha, Bull.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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