crustose
[ kruhs-tohs ]
/ ˈkrʌs toʊs /
adjective Botany, Mycology.
forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.
Words nearby crustose
crustacean,
crustaceous,
crustal,
crustal plate,
crusted,
crustose,
crusty,
crut,
crutch,
crutched friar,
crutchings
Example sentences from the Web for crustose
On shaded sandstone, intermingled with an ash-gray, crustose thallus, which appeared like a sterile Pertusaria.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 |Bruce Fink and Leafy J. Corrington
British Dictionary definitions for crustose
crustose
/ (ˈkrʌstəʊs) /
adjective
biology
having a crustlike appearance
crustose lichens