squamulose

[ skwam-yuh-lohs, skwey-myuh- ]

adjective

1. furnished or covered with tiny scales.

squamulose

/ ˈskweɪ-; ˈskwæmjʊˌləʊs; -ˌləʊz /

adjective

1. (esp of plants or their parts) covered with minute scales

Word History and Origins

Origin of squamulose¹

1840–50; < Latin squāmula small scale ( squām ( a ) scale + -ula -ule ) + -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of squamulose¹

C19: from Latin squāmula diminutive of squāma a scale

Example Sentences

The stem is somewhat hollow, fibrillose and squamulose from the veil, farinaceous at the apex.

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This is distinguished from the other species by the dry squamulose pileus and the color of the stem.

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Differs from T. personatum in the short, stout, squamulose stem, and absence of purple tint on gills.

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Brilliant golden orange; p. convex, squamulose or hirsuto-tomentose, umbil.

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Superficially like S. aeruginosa, but dry and silky, innately squamulose, and brown g.

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