squarrose
(skwar′ōs, skwə rōs′)
adjective
- Biol. rough or scaly
- Bot. having tips projecting at right angles, or having spreading bracts
Origin:
L squarrosus
See squarrose in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective Botany - Having rough or spreading scalelike processes.
- Spreading or recurved at the tip: squarrose bracts.
Origin:
Origin: Latin squarrōsus, scabby
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