Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lepidote"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lepidote \Lep"i*dote\ (l[e^]p"[i^]*d[=o]t), Lepidoted
\Lep"i*do`ted\ (-d[=o]`t[e^]d), a. [Gr. lepidwto`s covered with
scales, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Bot.)
Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the
oleaster.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lepidote
adj : (biology) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
[syn: {leprose}, {scabrous}, {scaly}, {scurfy}]
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