{ Lep"i*dote (l&ebreve;p"&ibreve;*dōt), Lep"i*do`ted (-dō`t&ebreve;d), } a. [Gr. lepidwto`s covered with scales, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Bot.) Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.