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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