Ent. [L.] (See quot.) Hence Liturate a. Ent. and Bot. (see quots.).
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. 285. Litura, an indeterminate spot growing paler at one end, as if daubed or blotted. Ibid., Liturate, a surface painted with one or more such spots [Lituræ].
1866. Treas. Bot., Liturate, when spots are formed by the abrasion of the surface.
