"scrobiculate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more scrobiculate [comparative], most scrobiculate [superlative], scrobiculated [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin scrobicula /scrobiculus + -ate, diminutive of scrobis (“a ditch or trench”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|la:scrobicula//scrobiculus|ate<id:adjective>}} Latin scrobicula /scrobiculus + -ate Head templates: {{en-adj}} scrobiculate (comparative more scrobiculate, superlative most scrobiculate)
  1. (botany) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. Translations (Translations): scrobiculé (French)

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