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crustose

UK/ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/US/ˈkɹʊs.toʊs/

crustose adjective: of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.

crustose: of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate
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Adjective

crustose (not comparable)

  1. 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

crustose meaning in Tamil

crustose in Tamil

வளர்தளம் ஒட்டிய

Origin of crustose

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

Words formed from crustose

Questions about crustose

What does crustose mean?
Crustose means of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
What is crustose in Tamil?
Crustose in Tamil is வளர்தளம் ஒட்டிய. See Crustose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crustose?
Crustose is an adjective.
How do you pronounce crustose?
Crustose is pronounced /ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/ (UK).

Words near crustose in the dictionary

  1. crustless
  2. crustlike
  3. crustocalcin
  4. crustocalcins
  5. crustohymeniderm
  6. crustose
  7. crustquake
  8. crustquakes
  9. crusts
  10. crusty
  11. crusy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crustose (page history and authors); crustose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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