leprose

• Adjetivo que describe algo cubierto de escamas pequeñas o costras, semejante a la piel de un leproso; también se usa en botánica para superficies con aspecto escamoso o pulverulento.

An obsolete adjective meaning covered with scales or scurf, resembling the skin of a leper.

1. Rough and scalyC2formal

   Having a rough, scaly, or scurfy surface texture, resembling the appearance of leprosy.

   leproso (textura rugosa y escamosa)

   • The lichen had a leprose crust on the rock.
   • The old wall was covered in a leprose growth of moss.
   • The botanist described the plant's stem as leprose.

   Sinónimoslepidoteroughscabrousscalyscurfy

   Antónimosevenglabrouspolishedsilkysmooth