lepidote, a. Bot.
(ˈlɛpɪdəʊt)
[ad. mod.L. lepidōt-us, a. Gr. λεπιδωτός, f. λεπιδ-, λεπίς scale.]
Covered with scurfy scales; leprose, leprous. Also ˈlepidoted a., in the same sense.
| 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 253/1 Lepidote, covered with a sort of scurfiness. 1845 Lindley Sch. Bot. i. (1858) 19 Scurfs (lepides) are roundish minute scales, attached to plants by their middle..; a part covered by them is said to be lepidote. 1860 Worcester, Lepidote, Lepidoted. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora xvi, Elæagneæ... Shrubs with lepidote scales. |