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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Origin of squarrose
First recorded in 1750–60, squarrose is from the Latin word squarrōsus scurfy, scaly
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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 Hard, Miron Elisha
P. 4-9 cm. exp. obtusely umb. fawn, densely squamulose with blackish fascicles of hairs; g. violet then tan; s. 6-9 cm. with dusky squarrose squamules up to ring, apex even, violet; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Pileus at first squarrose, stem scaly, both somewhat fuscous. hystrix, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. exp. even, glabrous, viscid, yellowish-livid then tan; g. adnato-decur. broad, white then blackish; s. solid, with white revolute squarrose white scales below the ample ring; sp. 11-14 � 6-8.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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
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