effigurate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin effiguratus; compare figurate (figuratus). === Adjective === effigurate (not comparable) (botany, lichenology) Having a definite (lobed) shape; not effuse. Antonym: effuse ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “effigurate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “effigurate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “effigurate”, in Collins English Dictionary. Irwin M. Brodo, Keys to Lichens of North America (2016, →ISBN, page 372 Thomas H. Nash, Lichen Biology (1996, →ISBN, page 40: "A thallus is called effigurate when the marginal lobes are prolonged and are radially arranged, as in many species of the genera Caloplaca, Dimelaena, Acarospora and Pleopsidium."