a. Bot. [ad. mod.L. lepidōt-us, a. Gr. λεπιδωτός, f. λεπιδ-, λεπίς scale.] Covered with scurfy scales; leprose, leprous. Also Lepidoted a., in the same sense.
1836. Penny Cycl., V. 253/1. Lepidote, covered with a sort of scurfiness.
1845. Lindley, Sch. Bot., i. (1858), 19. Scurfs (lepides) are roundish minute scales, attached to plants by their middle…; a part covered by them is said to be lepidote.
1860. Worcester, Lepidote, Lepidoted.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, xvi. Elæagneæ…. Shrubs with lepidote scales.
