scabrid
Britishadjective
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Etymology
Origin of scabrid
C19: see scabrous
Example Sentences
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The spikes are whorled, about 3 inches or so in length, naked towards the base to about one-fourth of its length, the rachis is fine, filiform, scabrid.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
The first glume is lanceolate, acute, shorter than the second, with a keel which is scabrid.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
The first and the second glumes are empty, narrow-linear, purple, scabrid, 1-nerved and awned; awns are capillary, varying in length from 1/3 to 1/2 inch.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
The glume just below the joint is finely scabrid to a little distance.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
The leaf-blade is narrow, linear, tapering to a fine point, convolute in bud, scabrid above and smooth below, with a minutely serrate, very narrow, hyaline margin, 1 to 10 inches long and 1/12 inch broad.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
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