LekhoriLekhoriA lepidote plant, any plant with a coat of scurfy scales.
Oleaster is a lepidote.
From New Latin lepidōtus (“covered with scales”), from Ancient Greek λεπιδωτός (lepidōtós, “covered with scales”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake, shell, husk”). By surface analysis, lepido- + -ote.
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