scyphose

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adjective

Having scyphi.

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Meanings

adjectivescyphose (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving scyphi.

    Podetia 4-5 cm tall x 2 mm broad, with black bases, not scyphose.

    1992, Nova Hedwigia, page 42
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    Primary squamules and podetia glaucescent or greenish grey; never yellowish and rarely scyphose

    1957, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 609

    Primary squamules small to large; podetia either scyphose or not subclavate;

    1968, Flora Neotropica, page 83

    […]1-4 cm tall, not scyphose, simple at base, branching above, each branch longitudinally grooved and becoming split, with open axils, rarely with scattered squamules along the poderia, esorediate, greyish white.

    1995, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, page 64

Origin

From scyphus + -ose.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

psychose
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APA

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Chicago

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