squamulose

American  

[skwam-yuh-lohs, skwey-myuh-] / ˈskwæm yəˌloʊs, ˈskweɪ myə- /

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

P. 6-9 cm. convex then plane or depr., margin even, minutely silky squamulose, purple with olive tinge, or brownish olive; g. broad, yellow; s. 5-8 cm. pale rose; sp. 9-10.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 6-8 cm. exp. viscid, rosy red, granulated; g. subdecurrent; s. 3-5 cm. rosy, apex squamulose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 5-12 cm. soon expanded, yellowish-brown, squamulose, margin striate; g. slightly decurrent; s. 8-12 cm. floccose up to spreading ring, base honey-colour; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-4 cm. hemispherical, obtuse, viscid when moist, smooth; g. adnate; s. 5-7 cm. solid, squamulose or fibrillose below the ring, base tinged brown; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. umb. even, soon squamulose, greyish as is also the flesh; g. arcuato-adfixed, hoary; s. stuffed, equal, almost glabrous.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George