squarrose

American  

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

adjective

Biology.

1. denoting any rough or ragged surface.

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squarrose British  

/ ˈskwɒ-, ˈskwærəʊz /

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

Etymology

Origin of squarrose

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

Example Sentences

P. 2-4 cm. campan. obtuse, squarrose with rigid recurved scales, brown; g. white then rusty; s. 4-5 cm. solid, rigid, base blue, squarrosely scaly everywhere, fuscous; sp. 10-11 � 5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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 Gray, Asa

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 Massee, George

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

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