Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leprose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leprose \Lep"rose`\ (l[e^]p"r[=o]s`), a. [See {Leprous}.] (Nat.
Hist.)
Covered with thin, scurfy scales.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leprose
adj : (biology) rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
[syn: {lepidote}, {scabrous}, {scaly}, {scurfy}]
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