squarrose
Americanadjective
adjective
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biology having a rough surface, caused by the presence of projecting hairs, scales, etc
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botany having or relating to parts that are recurved
squarrose bracts
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Etymology
Origin of squarrose
First recorded in 1750–60, squarrose is from the Latin word squarrōsus scurfy, scaly
Example Sentences
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There also I observed a brome grass, probably not distinct from the Broods australis of Brown; it called to mind the squarrose brome grass of Europe.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
Perigynium densely hairy 84 Spike staminate at base; perigynia squarrose 21 Spike staminate at top.—
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Tomentulose; heads small, at first globose; leaves lance-oblong or -ovate; involucre hoary-tomentose, greenish, squarrose, the scales acute or acuminate.—Prairies and barren hills; E. Mo. to Kan. and Tex.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Tall, rather glabrous; leaves linear-lanceolate, retrorsely denticulate; involucre very squarrose, the scales with long filiform tips.—Mo.,
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
P. digitaliform, then conico-campan. whitish then grey, apex darker, finally pale ochre, with deciduous squarrose scales; g. free; s. white, pruinose, springing from a compact, branching blackish-brown mycelium; sp. 7-9 long.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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