Lepidote

{ Lep″i‐dote (lĕp″ĭ‐dōt), Lep″i‐do′ted (–dō′tĕd), } a. [Gr. λεπιδωτόσ covered with scales, fr. λεπίσ-ίδοσ, a scale.] (Bot.) Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.