scarious

[ skair-ee-uhs ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.

scarious

/ ˈskɛərɪˌəʊs; ˈskɛərɪəs /

adjective

1. (of plant parts) membranous, dry, and brownish in colour

   scarious bracts

Word History and Origins

Origin of scarious¹

1800–10; alteration of scariose < New Latin scariōsus < ?; -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of scarious¹

C19: from New Latin scariōsus, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

A small concavo-convex scarious appendage, fixed behind the wings at their base, in many Diptera.

From Project Gutenberg

Small modified leaves, usually thin and scarious, seen in buds and cones; the flakes into which the outer bark often divides.

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Other species of Helichrysum and species of allied genera with scarious heads of flowers are also known as “everlastings.”

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Style, if any, and stigma only one; leaves simple; no scarious bracts around the flowers.

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Stipules not scarious, leaves palmately cleft or palmately compound.

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