lep|rose

lep|rose
lep|rose «LEHP rohs», adjective.
Botany. having a scaly or scurfy appearance, as certain lichens in which the thallus adheres to trees or stones like a scurf; lepidote.
[< Late Latin leprōsus < Latin lepra; see etym. under leper (Cf.leper)]

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