verrucose
studded with wartlike protuberances or elevations.
Origin of verrucose
1Other words from verrucose
- ver·ru·cos·i·ty [ver-uh-kos-i-tee], /ˌvɛr əˈkɒs ɪ ti/, ver·ru·cose·ness, noun
Words Nearby verrucose
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use verrucose in a sentence
The sporidia in many cases are large, reticulated, echinulate or verrucose, and mostly somewhat globose.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt CookeThe spores are ovoid, and have a minutely verrucose or warty surface.
Beautiful Ferns | Daniel Cady Eatonverrucose: having little hard lumps or wart-like elevations.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. SmithIt is generally the ordinary verrucose endocarditis that obtains.
The characteristic of this plant is the verrucose inner peridium.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise | M. E. Hard
British Dictionary definitions for verrucose
verrucous (ˈvɛrʊkəs, vɛˈruːkəs)
/ (ˈvɛrʊˌkəʊs) /
botany covered with warty processes
Origin of verrucose
1Derived forms of verrucose
- verrucosity (ˌvɛrʊˈkɒsɪtɪ), noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse