squarrose
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin squarrosus (“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”).
Adjective
editsquarrose (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
edit- (rough or scaly): See Thesaurus:rough or Thesaurus:scaly
Derived terms
editLatin
editAdjective
editsquarrōse