squamulose

English

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskweɪmjʊləʊs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskweɪmjʊloʊs/
Hyphenation: squa‧mul‧ose

Adjective

squamulose (comparative more squamulose, superlative most squamulose)

(botany, mycology, zoology) Having small scales.
Synonyms: scaly, squamous; see also Thesaurus:scaly

Antonyms: esquamulose, scaleless

The stem of the mushroom is squamulose.
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 84:
  Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.

Derived terms

appressed-squamulose

Translations

having small scales

References

^ Compare “squamulose, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1915; “squamulose”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Latin

Adjective

squāmulōse

vocative masculine singular of squāmulōsus

[1] Compare “squamulose, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1915; “squamulose”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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