squamulose

American  

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

adjective

1. furnished or covered with tiny scales.

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squamulose British  

/ ˈskweɪ-, ˈskwæmjʊˌləʊs, -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

Example Sentences

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squamulose

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 Massee, George

P. tough, thin, unequal, excentric, dimidiate, cinnamon then pale, becoming squamulose, 3-9 cm.; g. decur. in lines, somewhat branched, pinkish then ochre; s. 1-2 cm. unequal, base pubescent; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-5 cm. convex then exp. longitudinally fibrillose, squamulose at disc rather cracked, pale yellow brown; g. yellowish then tinged olive; s. 4-7 cm. rather fibrillose, colour of p. solid, flesh dingy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

I. scabella differs in brownish squamulose p. var. fulva, Pat.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. exp. umbilic. from the first, not striate, squamulose, sooty-brown, then grey, hygr.; g. adnate, segmentoid, grey; s. even, apex with black points and white meal.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George