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  

/ 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

Example Sentences

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squamulose

P. 3-5 cm. ovate, exp. lacunose, squamulose, discoid, umber-brown, edge ochre; g. adfixed; s. 5-9 cm. peronate with squarrose scales up to superior ring, scales at length falling away; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

Pileus viscid, stem also often so; secondary veil floccose, forming a ring or attached to edge of p.; s. squamulose, or scabrid at apex; g. adnato-decur.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 8-14 cm. hemispher. exp. obtuse, somewhat velvety, pulverulent or obsoletely squamulose, golden tawny; g. adnexed, ventricose, paler than p.; s. 10-16 cm. stuffed, nearly equal, even; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

L. flexuosus differs in larger size, thick gills, and squamulose dark pileus. utilis, Weinm.

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