leproseadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɛprəʊz/,

/ˈlɛprəʊs/, U.S.

/ˈlɛproʊz/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin leprosus.

Etymology: < scientific Latin leprosus, specific use of post-classical Latin leprosus leprous adj.; compare -ose suffix¹.Scientific Latin leprosus was used systematically by Linnaeus in the classification of lichens in Species plantarum (1753 ), following earlier descriptive uses by e.g. Ray (1724) and Dillenius (1741). Compare earlier leprose , variant of leprous adj.

Botany.

Having a scaly or powdery appearance; lepidote; esp. designating crustose lichens in which the surface of the thallus is granular or powdery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > having bracts, etc.

scaly1597

paleaceous1648

squamous1658

paleated1661

paled1704

squamose1731

leprous1759

spathaceous1760

squarrose1760

comose1793

glumose1793

ramentaceous1806

squarrous1806

leprose1818

squamate1826

glumaceous1828

bracteolate1830

lepidote1836

bracteate1839

spathose1839

squamulose1846

bracteated1852

bracted1854

obimbricate1857

squamaceous1857

squarrulose1857

ramentiferous1858

furfuraceous1860

tribracteate1870

tribracteolate1870

paleate1879

bracteose1880

1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants I. 208 A small section of the genus, including T[illandsia] Usneoides of the United States, presents a filiform and diffusely dichotomous stem with alternate and filiform leprose leaves.

1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 34 Leprose species are also exceedingly common from our sea-coasts to our mountain summits.

1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 46 Thallus leprose or powdery, effuse or evanescent.

1910 B. Fink Lichens Minnesota 61 The structure is usually thin or very thin and variously smooth, chinky, granulate, leprose, or powdery, and frequently disappears.

1939 Jrnl. Ecol. 27 224 ‘Leprose’ lichens occur in abundance on the holly trunks and on the under sides of oak boughs.

2007 Bryologist 110 438/1 Leprose lichens tended to occupy the overhanging, lower surfaces of large branches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leprose
释义	leproseadj. Brit. /ˈlɛprəʊz/, /ˈlɛprəʊs/, U.S. /ˈlɛproʊz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin leprosus. Etymology: < scientific Latin leprosus, specific use of post-classical Latin leprosus leprous adj.; compare -ose suffix¹.Scientific Latin leprosus was used systematically by Linnaeus in the classification of lichens in Species plantarum (1753 ), following earlier descriptive uses by e.g. Ray (1724) and Dillenius (1741). Compare earlier leprose , variant of leprous adj. Botany. Having a scaly or powdery appearance; lepidote; esp. designating crustose lichens in which the surface of the thallus is granular or powdery. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > having bracts, etc. scaly1597 paleaceous1648 squamous1658 paleated1661 paled1704 squamose1731 leprous1759 spathaceous1760 squarrose1760 comose1793 glumose1793 ramentaceous1806 squarrous1806 leprose1818 squamate1826 glumaceous1828 bracteolate1830 lepidote1836 bracteate1839 spathose1839 squamulose1846 bracteated1852 bracted1854 obimbricate1857 squamaceous1857 squarrulose1857 ramentiferous1858 furfuraceous1860 tribracteate1870 tribracteolate1870 paleate1879 bracteose1880 1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants I. 208 A small section of the genus, including T[illandsia] Usneoides of the United States, presents a filiform and diffusely dichotomous stem with alternate and filiform leprose leaves. 1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 34 Leprose species are also exceedingly common from our sea-coasts to our mountain summits. 1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 46 Thallus leprose or powdery, effuse or evanescent. 1910 B. Fink Lichens Minnesota 61 The structure is usually thin or very thin and variously smooth, chinky, granulate, leprose, or powdery, and frequently disappears. 1939 Jrnl. Ecol. 27 224 ‘Leprose’ lichens occur in abundance on the holly trunks and on the under sides of oak boughs. 2007 Bryologist 110 438/1 Leprose lichens tended to occupy the overhanging, lower surfaces of large branches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1818
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