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Adjective: crustose
  1. (of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing
    "crustose lichens"

See also: crust

Encyclopedia: Crustose

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crustacean
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crustiness
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crustose thallus
crusty
crutch
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crux of the matter
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