Definitions For Squarrose

Adjective

rough, rough or scaly. Consisting of scales widely divaricate, 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 thesaurus:rough or thesaurus:scaly

Derived terms

squarrosity

Etymology

{{der, en, la, squarrosus, , (perhaps) scurfy, scabby}}.