lepidote

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lepidote
    adj 1: rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn:
           {lepidote}, {leprose}, {scabrous}, {scaly}, {scurfy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lepidote \Lep"i*dote\ (l[e^]p"[i^]*d[=o]t), Lepidoted
\Lep"i*do`ted\ (-d[=o]`t[e^]d), a. [Gr. lepidwto`s covered with
   scales, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Bot.)
   Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the
   oleaster.
   [1913 Webster]