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

Tall, rather glabrous; leaves linear-lanceolate, retrorsely denticulate; involucre very squarrose, the scales with long filiform tips.—Mo.,

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Smooth and glabrous, usually glaucous; scales coriaceous at base; leaves firm, usually entire 25–30 Hoary-pubescent or hirsute; scales squarrose; stem-leaves small, linear, entire 31, 32 Scales closely imbricated, not coriaceous at base; branches divaricate; heads many, small 33–35 Remaining species; branches erect or ascending.

From Project Gutenberg

Leaves with broader undivided lobes, commonly paler and somewhat pubescent beneath, turning brownish, orange, or dull red in autumn; cup-scales large and loosely imbricated or squarrose when dry, yellowish gray, pubescent; bark of trunk darker-colored and rougher on the surface, thicker, and internally orange, much more valuable for the tanner and dyer; buds longer and more pointed; cup sometimes less top-shaped.

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