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Verruca (Plural verrucae)  [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

Synonym: Wart
Adjective: Verrucose, verrucate, verrucous
Noun: Verrucosity
     
  A verruca is a surface wart-like element,  that usually is broader than it is high and is not constricted at the base.  

     
Verrucose (or verrucous)  [ Botany]
     
  A surface feature that can be found on many organs of a plant. The word Verrucose derives from the Latin adjective “verrucosus” meaning  “warty” and means covered with warts or similar outgrowths or protuberances; verrucous;  
     
Verrucose is about the same as tuberculate. (Verrucose = tuberculate = warty)

On the left:  verrucose leaves of Titanopsis calcarea [click to enlarge]
 

 

 


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