VERRUCOSE

verrucose, warty, wartlike

(adjective) (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

verrucose (comparative more verrucose, superlative most verrucose)

Covered in warts; warty

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Ver"ru*cose`, a. Etym: [L. verrucosus, fr. verruca a wart.]

Definition: Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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