Covered or coated with a hard crusty layer; having accumulated a surface coating of mineral, salt, or other deposits.
From encrust + -ed (past participle/adjective suffix). Describes the state of being covered with a crust.
Ancient shipwrecks pulled from the ocean floor are dramatically encrusted with barnacles and coral—they look like underwater sculptures that have become part of the reef itself through centuries of biological growth!
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