lepidote

a. [生]覆有鳞片的

发音

US /ˈlɛpɪdoʊt/
UK /ˈlɛpɪdəʊt/

词形变化

lepidotes 复数 lepidotes more lepidote 比较级 most lepidote 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A lepidote plant, any plant with a coat of scurfy scales.

    生物 植物学

    Oleaster is a lepidote.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Covered with scurfy scales.

    生物 植物学

    The leaves of the oleaster are lepidote.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

scaly leprose scabrous scurfy

近义相关 2

rough unsmooth

词源

From New Latin lepidōtus (“covered with scales”), from Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós, “covered with scales”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake, shell, husk”). By surface analysis, lepido- + -ote.

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