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Meaning of crustose | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ˈkɹʊs.təʊs

Definitions

Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.

not-comparable

Examples

“Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

crusty crutched crutchless crutchlike cruxy cryable

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