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verrucose

[ ver-uh-kohs, vuh-roo-kohs ]

adjective

  1. studded with wartlike protuberances or elevations.


verrucose

/ ˌvɛrʊˈkɒsɪtɪ; vɛˈruːkəs; ˈvɛrʊkəs; ˈvɛrʊˌkəʊs /

adjective

  1. botany covered with warty processes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • verrucosity, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ··Dz··ٲ [ver-, uh, -, kos, -i-tee], ۳·Dzn noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of verrucose1

First recorded in 1580–90; verruc(a) + -ose 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of verrucose1

C17: from Latin ūōܲ full of warts, from ū a wart
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Example Sentences

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The pileus is subglobose, becoming convex, dry, verrucose, white, margin even, flesh firm, white, odor resembling that of chloride of lime.

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The latter, however, is very much smaller, the cells narrower in proportion to their length, and the margin of the opening minutely verrucose.

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The characteristic of this plant is the verrucose inner peridium.

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