verrucose
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ver·ru·cose
(və-ro͞o′kōs′) also ver·ru·cous (-kəs)adj.
Covered with warts or wartlike projections.
[Latin verrūcōsus, from verrūca, wart.]
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verrucose
(ˈvɛrʊˌkəʊs) orverrucous
adj
(Botany) botany covered with warty processes
[C17: from Latin verrūcōsus full of warts, from verrūca a wart]
verrucosity n
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Adj. 1. verrucose - (of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts
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