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单词 pustulatous
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pustulatousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pustulatus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pustulatus pustulate adj. + -ous suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Having rounded protuberances. Only in pustulatous moss n. the lichen Lasallia pustulata, having blister-like protuberances on the surface of the thallus and formerly used in the manufacture of certain dyes; also called rock tripe.
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1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 91 The ‘Mosses’ [sc. crustaceous or foliaceous dye-lichens] are irregularly designated, the specific name in some being due..to their physical characters, as ‘Tartareous or Pustulatous moss’.
1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 177 Umbilicaria pustulata..is largely imported by the London orchill-makers..under the commercial designation of Pustulatous Moss.
1892 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) 307/2 Pustulatus [sic] Moss, a dye-lichen, the Umbilicaria pustulata.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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