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Squarrose
Pronunciation : Squar*rose" ( or ; 277)
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. squarrosus (perhaps) scurfy, scabby.]
Definition : Defn: Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged; as: (a) (Bot. & Zo?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.)
Defn: Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf. (c) (Zo?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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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