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.
Antonyms: esquamulose, scaleless

The stem of the mushroom is squamulose.

Translations

having small scales

References

Compare “squamulose, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1915; “squamulose” (US) / “squamulose” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Latin

Adjective

squamulose

vocative masculine singular of squamulosus

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[1] Compare “squamulose, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1915; “squamulose” (US) / “squamulose” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.