crustose
/kruhs-tohs/US // ˈkrʌs toʊs //UK // (ˈkrʌstəʊs) //
壳状物,壳质,甲壳质,壳状
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Botany, Mycology.
- : forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
Examples
On shaded sandstone, intermingled with an ash-gray, crustose thallus, which appeared like a sterile Pertusaria.
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