SQUARROSE


Meaning of SQUARROSE in English

adj ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged.

2. squarrose ·adj divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.

3. squarrose ·adj having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface;

— said of a shell.

4. squarrose ·adj consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded;

— said of a calyx or stem.

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