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squarrose

adj

Etymology

From Latin squarrosus (“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”).

  1. derived from squarrosus

Definitions

  1. Rough or scaly.

  2. Consisting of scales widely divaricating

    Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; said of a calyx or stem.

  3. Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it

    Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface

      Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; said of a shell.

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Derived

squarrosely, squarrosity

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