About The Word Squarrose
Learn about the word Squarrose to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Squarrose definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Squarrose
| Squarrose Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Squarrose?Synonyms | Synonyms for Squarrose: Related Terms | Find terms related to Squarrose: See Also | Squarrose In Webster's Dictionary \Squar*rose"\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L. squarrosus
(perhaps) scurfy, scabby.]
Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough;
jagged; as:
(a) (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) 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.
(b) (Bot.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the
plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a
leaf.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing
upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a
shell.
{Squarrose-slashed} (Bot.), doubly slashed, with the smaller
divisions at right angles to the others, as a leaf.
--Landley.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Bidding contest ‐ a series of…
- Mahonia nervosa ‐ small shrub with gray-green leaves and yellow flowers followed…
- Glycollic acid ‐ a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar…
- Illegally ‐ in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste…
- George herman ruth ‐ American professional baseball player famous for hitting home…
- Reprobation ‐ severe disapproval [n] rejection by God; the state of being condemned…
- Retrench ‐ make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to…
- Ballad maker ‐ a composer of words or music for…
- Amphipoda ‐ small flat-bodied semi-terrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers;…
- Little finger ‐ the finger farthest from…