单词 | pustulatous |
释义 | † pustulatousadj. Obsolete. rare. Having rounded protuberances. Only in pustulatous moss n. the lichen Lasallia pustulata, having blister-like protuberances on the surface of the thallus and formerly used in the manufacture of certain dyes; also called rock tripe. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > protuberance or lump > [adjective] > having protuberances knoppy1562 gouty1597 warted1681 grumous1688 bunched1776 papulose1776 pustular1792 papulous1797 verrucose1802 grained1818 nodulated1824 verrucous1828 graniform1830 pustulatous moss1856 papuliferous1857 1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 91 The ‘Mosses’ [sc. crustaceous or foliaceous dye-lichens] are irregularly designated, the specific name in some being due..to their physical characters, as ‘Tartareous or Pustulatous moss’. 1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 177 Umbilicaria pustulata..is largely imported by the London orchill-makers..under the commercial designation of Pustulatous Moss. 1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) 307/2 Pustulatus [sic] Moss, a dye-lichen, the Umbilicaria pustulata. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1856 |
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