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Squarrose
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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.
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