squarrose

[ skwar-ohs, skwo-rohs ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. denoting any rough or ragged surface.

squarrose

/ 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

Other Words From

• squarrose·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of squarrose¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of squarrose¹

C18: from Latin squarrōsus scabby

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Perigynium obconic or obovoid, squarrose in exceedingly dense short spikes.—Sp.

From Project Gutenberg