crustose en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/ (UK)
- /ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crustōsus (“with a hard crust”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.
2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:
Coordinates
fruticose (of a lichen) · foliose (of a lichen) · squamose (of a lichen)