Scrobiculate describes something that has many small grooves or is furrowed.
Scrobiculate descreve algo que tem muitas ranhuras pequenas ou é sulcado.
| Front | scrobiculate \skroh-BIK-yuh-layt\ |
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| Back | adjective Having many small grooves; furrowed. [From Latin scrobiculus (small planting hole), diminutive of scrobis (trench). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to cut), which is also the source of skirt, curt, screw, shard, shears, carnage, carnivorous, carnation, sharp, and scrape. Earliest documented use: 1806.] "The stalk is scrobiculate and at first slightly sticky." - Alexander Smith and Nancy Weber; The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide; University of Michigan Press; 1980. |
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