scarious

[ skair-ee-uhs ]

adjectiveBotany.

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

Origin of scarious

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

Words Nearby scarious

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How to use scarious in a sentence

A small concavo-convex scarious appendage, fixed behind the wings at their base, in many Diptera.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby
Small modified leaves, usually thin and scarious, seen in buds and cones; the flakes into which the outer bark often divides.
Michigan Trees | Charles Herbert Otis
Other species of Helichrysum and species of allied genera with scarious heads of flowers are also known as “everlastings.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 | Various
Style, if any, and stigma only one; leaves simple; no scarious bracts around the flowers.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray
Stipules not scarious, leaves palmately cleft or palmately compound.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for scarious

scarious

scariose (ˈskɛərɪˌəʊs)

/ (ˈskɛərɪəs) /

adjective

(of plant parts) membranous, dry, and brownish in colour: scarious bracts

Origin of scarious

C19: from New Latin scariōsus, of uncertain origin

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