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| − | '''chipped''' ( | + | '''chipped''' ([[Category:Adjective]][[:Category:Adjective|adjective]]) – an [[areolate]] or [[rimose areolate]] [[thallus]] that has partly eroded away, thus characterized by open patches. It is a common phenomenon that central regions of old [[crustose]] [[thalli]] die and subsequently flake-off, thus appearing as if these [[areole]]s have been ''chipped'' away. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
chipped (adjective) – an areolate or rimose areolate thallus that has partly eroded away, thus characterized by open patches. It is a common phenomenon that central regions of old crustose thalli die and subsequently flake-off, thus appearing as if these areoles have been chipped away.
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