SQUARROSE
Etymology
Adjective
squarrose (comparative more squarrose, superlative most squarrose)
Rough or scaly.
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.
Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; said of a shell.
Synonyms
• (rough or scaly): See rough or scaly
Source: Wiktionary
Squar*rose" ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [L. squarrosus (perhaps) scurfy, scabby.]
Definition: Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged; as: (a) (Bot. & Zoöl.) 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. (b) (Bot.)
Definition: Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf. (c) (Zoöl.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell. Squarrose- slashed (Bot.), doubly slashed, with the smaller divisions at right angles to the others, as a leaf. Landley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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