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Definition of Crustlike
1. Adjective. Having a hardened crust as a covering.
Definition of Crustlike
1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a crust. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crustlike
Literary usage of Crustlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1907)
"... and forming a crustlike, fleshy structure, furnished on the under surface with
numerous fibrillose, rootlike strands ; asci cylindrical, ..."
2. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1899)
"... broadly effused, black, crustlike stroma; elongated, often more or less wavy,
... Stroma forming thin, black, crustlike patches on living leaves, ..."
3. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes: Being by John Stanley Gardiner (1903)
"They in part remind one of calcareous sediment, and are anastomosed with fixed
corals or fragments of corals. In addition, the crustlike ..."
4. Webster's High School Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1892)
"Pertaining to, or having, a crustlike shell ; belonging to the Crustacea.
Cru'cial (kru'shal), a. Like or pertaining to a cross ; intersecting ; severe ..."
5. Webster's Primary School Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1892)
"Having a crustlike shell ; belonging to the Crustacea. Crust'y (krost'J), a.
Like crust ; hard ; surly. Crutch (kruch), n. A staff with a crosspiece Cry ..."
6. Webster's Common School Dictionary: A Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1892)
"Pertaining to, or having, a crustlike shell ; belonging to the Crustacea. Crust'y,
etc. See under CRUST, n. Crutch (kroch), n. A staff with a crosspiece at ..."
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