释义 |
leprose, a. Bot.|ˈlɛprəʊs| [ad. L. leprōsus, f. lepra.] Having a scaly or scurfy appearance; lepidote; esp. said of crustaceous lichens in which the thallus adheres to trees or stones like a scurf.
1856W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Lichens 34 Leprose species are also exceedingly common from our sea-coasts to our mountain summits. 1871Leighton Lichen-flora 46 Thallus leprose or powdery, effuse or evanescent. ¶ In pseudo-L. combining form leproso-, with the meaning ‘leprose and{ddd}’
1871Leighton Lichen-flora 228 L[ecanora] erysibe..leproso-granulose, thin, diffract. Ibid. 258 Thin, effuse, leproso-pulverulent. |