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corticose

corticose adjective: abounding in bark.

Adjective

corticose (comparative more corticose, superlative most corticose)

  1. (archaic) Abounding in bark
  2. (archaic) Resembling bark

Forms of corticose

comparativemore corticose
superlativemost corticose

Origin of corticose

Latin corticosus.

Questions about corticose

What does corticose mean?
Corticose means abounding in bark.
What part of speech is corticose?
Corticose is an adjective.

Words near corticose in the dictionary

  1. corticoresistance
  2. corticoresistant
  3. corticoresponsiveness
  4. corticoreticular
  5. corticorubral
  6. corticose
  7. corticosensitivity
  8. corticoseptal
  9. corticospinal
  10. corticospinally
  11. corticostatic

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