favose

English

Etymology

From Latin favus (“honeycomb”) +‎ -ose.

Adjective

favose (comparative more favose, superlative most favose)

1. (botany) Honeycombed.
2. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the disease favus.

Related terms

• faveolate

References

• “favose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• foveas