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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

crus•tose adj. [Bot., Mycol.]

Fungi, Botanyforming a crusty, tenaciously fixed mass that covers the surface on which it grows, as certain lichens. Cf. foliose, fruticose.

Latin crustōsus covered with a crust, equivalent. to crust(a) crust + -ōsus -ose¹
1875–80

'crustose' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

foliose - fruticose - manna lichen

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