lentiginous

lentiginous
/len tij"euh neuhs/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to a lentigo.
2. Bot., Zool. covered with minute dots; freckled; speckled.
Also, lentiginose /len tij"euh nohs'/.
[1590-1600; < L lentiginosus freckled, equiv. to lentigin- (s. of lentigo) LENTIGO + -osus -OUS]

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