verrucose
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Verrucose — Ver ru*cose , a. [L. verrucosus, fr. verruca a wart.] Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verrucose — Resembling a wart; denoting wartlike elevations. SYN: verrucous. [L. verrucosus] * * * ver·ru·cose və rü .kōs adj 1) covered with warty elevations <a verrucose surface> 2) having the form of a wart <a verrucose nevus> * * *… … Medical dictionary
verrucose — adjective Date: 1686 covered with warty elevations … New Collegiate Dictionary
verrucose — covered with small dermal warts … Dictionary of ichthyology
verrucose — adj. [L. verruca, wart] Covered with minute warts or tubercles; see papillate … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
verrucose — verrucosity /ver euh kos i tee/, verrucoseness, n. /ver euh kohs , veuh rooh kohs/, adj. studded with wartlike protuberances or elevations. [1580 90; VERRUC(A) + OSE1] * * * … Universalium
verrucose — adj. covered with warts, warty … English contemporary dictionary
verrucose — a. Warty, knobby … New dictionary of synonyms
verrucose — Warty in appearance, e.g. the bulla surface of many cycad sporophylls, or the seeds of Cycas diannanensis. See also tuberculate … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
verrucose — ver·ru·cose … English syllables
