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gomphate

gomphate adjective: having the squamules elevated due to the expansion of the mycelial base above the substrate.

Adjective

gomphate (not comparable)

  1. (Of lichen-forming fungi) having the squamules elevated due to the expansion of the mycelial base above the substrate.

Questions about gomphate

What does gomphate mean?
Gomphate means having the squamules elevated due to the expansion of the mycelial base above the substrate.
What part of speech is gomphate?
Gomphate is an adjective.

Words near gomphate in the dictionary

  1. Gompertz functions
  2. Gompertz-Makeham law
  3. Gompertzian
  4. gomphaceous
  5. gomphacil
  6. gomphate
  7. gomphiasis
  8. gomphid
  9. gomphidiaceous
  10. gomphidii
  11. gomphidius

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