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

P. conico-campan. very finely wrinkled, reddish brown with whitish flecks near margin more especially; g. blackish brown, edge toothed; s. whitish, squamulose, ring fugacious. melasperma, Bull.

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The stem is frequently six inches long, stuffed, round, with a bulbous base, attenuated upward, squamulose, ring near apex, volva large, lax.

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The pileus is thin, convex or later expanded, of a watery appearance, nearly smooth or scurfy or slightly squamulose.

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Cap a golden brown or bright cinnamon color, 1½ to 4 inches broad, umbonate, silky, shining, squamulose, with yellowish fibrils, and then smooth.

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P. exp. edge striate, squamulose, whitish, cuticle broken into greyish tawny areolae or scales; g. broad, whitish, brownish when bruised; s. yellowish-white, squamulose, ring thin, fugacious.

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