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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin effiguratus; compare figurate (figuratus).
Adjective
effigurate (not comparable)
- (botany, lichenology) Having a definite (lobed) shape; not effuse.
- Antonym: effuse
1965, Nova Hedwigia, volumes 15-16, page 326:Thallus about 1 cm. in diameter, light gray irregular areoles 0:30,4 mm. in diameter on a black hypothallus, giving a deciussate appearance, marginal areoles slightly radially elongate and very narrowly black margined but not clearly effigurate;
Derived terms
Further reading
- “effigurate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “effigurate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “effigurate”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- Irwin M. Brodo, Keys to Lichens of North America (2016, →ISBN, page 372
- Thomas H. Nash, Lichen Biology (1996, →ISBN, page 40: "A thallus is called effigurate when the marginal lobes are prolonged and are radially arranged, as in many species of the genera Caloplaca, Dimelaena, Acarospora and Pleopsidium."