Crustose Definition

krŭstōs
adjective
Of or relating to a lichen whose thallus is thin, crusty, and closely adherent to or embedded in the surface on which it grows.
American Heritage

(lichenology) Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.

Wiktionary

Origin of Crustose

  • Latin crūstōsus crusted from crusta crust kreus- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin crustōsus (“with a hard crust").

    From Wiktionary

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