leprose
/ˈlɛprəʊz/ /ˈlɛprəʊs/Botany
adjective
Having a scaly or powdery appearance; lepidote; especially designating crustose lichens in which the surface of the thallus is granular or powdery.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859), botanist. From scientific Latin leprosus, specific use of post-classical Latin leprosus; compare -ose.
- neutral current
- neutral-density
- neutral density filter
- neutral-dyeing
- neutralino
- neutralise
- neutralism
- unbridle
- unbridled
- unbroken
- unbrokenly
- father confessor
- father figure
- fatherhood
- father-in-law
- fatherland
- fatherless
- fatherlessness
- fatherlike
- fatherliness
- fatherly
- father of the chapel
- Father of the House
- Fathers
- Father's Day