Squarrose

What do we mean by squarrose?

Having rough or spreading scalelike processes. adjective

Spreading or recurved at the tip. adjective

In botany, rough with spreading processes; thickly set with divergent or recurved, commonly rigid, bracts or leaves, as the involucres of various Compositæ and the stems of some mosses; of leaves, bracts, etc., so disposed as to form a squarrose surface. Also squarrous.

In entomology, laciniate and prominent: noting a margin with many long thin projections divided by deep incisions, the fringe-like edge so formed being elevated.

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. adjective

Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; -- said of a leaf. adjective

Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell. adjective

Doubly slashed, with the smaller divisions at right angles to the others, as a leaf. adjective

Rough or scaly. adjective

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word squarrose. Define squarrose, squarrose synonyms, squarrose pronunciation, squarrose translation, English dictionary definition of squarrose.

Words that are spelled similarly to squarrose:
squarrose, squarrosa, squarrous, squamose, squarrulose, squadrone.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word squarrose:
knapweed.

Words that rhyme with squarrose:
moros, oros, moroz, voros, door rose, draw rows, floor rose, four rows, majoros, more rows, ore rose, roar rose, saw rose, saw rows, score rose, shore rose, singapore rose, store rows, therefore owes, therefore rose, uproar rose, war rose, warsaw rose, wore hose, wore rose.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective squarrose:
leaves, hairs, scales, tips.

Consonant match to squarrose:
square eyes, square his, square is, square rose, squire is, squire rose.

Words that sound like squarrose:
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