Definition of SQUARROSE

squarrose

Meanings

Adj

  • Rough or scaly.
  • 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.
  • Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
  • Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; said of a shell.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin squarrosus (“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”).

Synonyms

rough, scaly

Scrabble Score: 18

squarrose is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 0

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