squamulose
adjUK /ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/ · US /ˈskweɪmjʊloʊs/
Etymology From New Latin squāmulōsus (“squamulose”), from Latin squamula (“small scales”) (diminutive of squāma (“scale of a fish or reptile; item shaped like a scale, flake”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’). The English word is analysable as squamula + -ose.
- The stem of the mushroom is squamulose.
- Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:
- Derived terms
- appressed-squamulose, squamulosely