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From Latin scrobicula /scrobiculus + -ate, diminutive of scrobis (“a ditch or trench”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
scrobiculate
Today it means: Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. Full definition →
Today it means: Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. Full definition →
From Latin scrobicula /scrobiculus + -ate, diminutive of scrobis (“a ditch or trench”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.