LekhoriLekhoriSynonym of leprous, afflicted with leprosy.
Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
A small section of the genus, including T. Usneoides of the United States, presents a filiform and diffusely dichotomous stem with alternate and filiform leprose leaves.
From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (l...
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