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Webster 1913 Edition
Squarrose
Squar-rose′
(skwŏr-rŏs′ or skwŏr′rōsˊ; 277)
, Adj.
[L.
squarrosus
(perhaps) scurfy, scabby.] Ragged or full of loose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged
; as: (a)
(Bot. & Zool.)
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.)
Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; – said of a leaf.
(c)
(Zool.)
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.
Lindley.
Definition 2024
squarrose
squarrose
English
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.
Derived terms
- squarrosity