Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Growing or living on tree bark, as some lichens and mosses.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Growing on bark: applied to lichens, fungi, etc.
Etymologies
- corti(co)- + -colous. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
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