lepidoteadj.
/ˈlɛpɪdəʊt/ Botany.
Covered with scurfy scales; leprose, leprous.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > having bracts, etc.
scaly1597
paleaceous1648
squamous1658
paleated1661
paled1704
squamose1731
leprous1759
spathaceous1760
squarrose1760
comose1793
glumose1793
ramentaceous1806
squarrous1806
leprose1818
squamate1826
glumaceous1828
bracteolate1830
lepidote1836
bracteate1839
spathose1839
squamulose1846
bracteated1852
bracted1854
obimbricate1857
squamaceous1857
squarrulose1857
ramentiferous1858
furfuraceous1860
tribracteate1870
tribracteolate1870
paleate1879
bracteose1880
1836 Penny Cycl. V. 253/1 Lepidote, covered with a sort of scurfiness.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) i. 19 Scurfs (lepides) are roundish minute scales, attached to plants by their middle..; a part covered by them is said to be lepidote.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands p. xvi Elæagneæ... Shrubs with lepidote scales.
Derivatives
ˈlepidoted adj. in the same sense.
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1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Lepidote, Lepidoted.
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