squamulose

1. 1.

   covered with tiny scales

   Similarrough

   botany

Questions about squamulose

What does squamulose mean?

squamulose means "covered with tiny scales".

How many syllables are in squamulose?

squamulose has 3 syllables and divides as squa-mu-lose under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is squamulose a common word?

squamulose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.