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tuberculose

American  
[too-bur-kyuh-lohs, tyoo-] / tʊˈbɜr kjəˌloʊs, tjʊ- /

adjective

  1. tuberculate.


Etymology

Origin of tuberculose

1745–55; < New Latin tūberculōsus; see tubercle, -ose 1

Example Sentences

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Ascophore—Fleshy, orange-red; head clavate, tuberculose; stem equal; sporidia long, breaking up into joints.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

P. 4-7 cm. convex then depr., tuberculose and striate with age, rosy, yellowish towards margin, densely granular everywhere; g. ochraceous orange; s. 3-5 cm. white; sp. 8-10.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The stem is short, hollow, pubescent, thickened upward, concolorous; the base somewhat tuberculose.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The peridium is very thin, tuberculose, effused, delicate, olivaceous-brown; spores olive, echinulate or spiny.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

P. depr., edge sulcate and tuberculose, brownish bay; gills clear ochre; s. white; taste mild.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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