squarrose

American  

[skwar-ohs, skwo-rohs] / ˈskwær oʊs, skwɒˈroʊs /

adjective

Biology.

1. denoting any rough or ragged surface.

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squarrose British  

/ ˈskwærəʊz, ˈskwɒ- /

adjective

1. biology having a rough surface, caused by the presence of projecting hairs, scales, etc

2. botany having or relating to parts that are recurved

   squarrose bracts

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Other Word Forms

• squarrosely
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of squarrose

First recorded in 1750–60, squarrose is from the Latin word squarrōsus scurfy, scaly

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Example Sentences

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squarrose

P. 4-7 cm. convexo-plane, mouse-colour, with revolute, squarrose scales; g. grey then fuscous; s. 4-7 cm. thickened upwards, with rings of reflexed scales, pale above ring; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

Leaves spatulate- to linear-oblong; involucre squarrose; achenes not toothed; pappus-awns 2 or 3.—Prairies,

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 Asa Gray

Perigynium obconic or obovoid, squarrose in exceedingly dense short spikes.—Sp.

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 Asa Gray

The involucel consists of hardened spike-like bristles connate at the base into a short coriaceous cup, which is surrounded by erect or squarrose bristles.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari

The stem is equal, firm, stuffed, rough, with thick squarrose scales, white above the thick floccose annulus, pallid or tawny below.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

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