crustose

English

Crustose lichen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crustōsus (“with a hard crust”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/

Adjective

crustose (not comparable)

(lichenology) Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:
  Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.

Coordinate terms

(of a lichen): foliose, fruticose, squamose

Related terms

crust

Anagrams

Scouters, scourest, scouters

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