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 Definitions of crustose  [ˈkrʌs toʊs]  

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Definition of 'crustose' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) crustose
forming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens.

Etymology:  (1875–80; < L crustōsus covered with a crust, der. of crust(a)crust)

Definition of 'crustose' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) crustose
(of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing
"crustose lichens"

'crustose' - Nearby Entries  

crust  crusted  crustlike  crustose  crustose thallus  crusty  crutch  



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