Usually means: Adheres tightly to surfaces, flat.
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  1. crustose: Merriam-Webster
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  3. crustose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. crustose: Infoplease Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (crustose)

▸ adjective:  (lichenology) Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.

Similar:
subcrustose, licheniform, lichenous, paraplectenchymatous, appressed, lecidiene, apothecial, lichenose, apotheciate, appressed-squamulose, more...

Opposite:
non-crustose, foliose, fruticose, squamulose

Phrases:
crustose thallus, Crustose lichen, more...

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Similar:
subcrustose, licheniform, lichenous, paraplectenchymatous, appressed, lecidiene, apothecial, lichenose, apotheciate, appressed-squamulose, more...

Opposite:
non-crustose, foliose, fruticose, squamulose

Phrases:
crustose thallus, Crustose lichen, more...



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