Definition of Squarrose. Meaning of Squarrose. Synonyms of Squarrose

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Definition of Squarrose

Squarrose
Squarrose Squar*rose" (? or ?; 277), a. [L. squarrosus (perhaps) scurfy, scabby.] Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged; as: (a) (Bot. & Zo["o]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.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf. (c) (Zo["o]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.

Meaning of Squarrose from wikipedia

- distinguishing feature from the similar Parmelia saxatilis), Hale emphasized the squarrose (with many short, more or less perpendicular lateral branches) structure...
- Western Asia. The subspecies C. virgata subsp. squarrosa is known as squarrose knapweed. It is found in northern California, Idaho, Utah and eastern...
- triumfettii, the squarrose knapweed, is a species of plant belonging to the genus Centaurea of the family Asteraceae. The squarrose knapweed is an herbaceous...
- scale Latin squama squamous squarros- spreading at tips Latin squarrosus squarrose st- (ΣΤΑ) cause to stand Gr**** ἵστημι histēmi, histánai, στατικός, στάσις...
- seedhead weevil (Bangasternus fausti) larvae eat diffuse, spotted and squarrose knapweed (C. virgata ssp. squarrosa), while those of the yellow starthistle...
- subsquamosal, supersquamosal †squāmula squāmul- squarrōsus squarrōs- squarrose, squarrulose squātina squātin- angel shark Squatina stagnum stagn- restagnant...
- Carex squarrosa is a species of sedge (genus Carex), native to the central and eastern United States, and Ontario in Canada. It is typically found in bottomland...
- noxious knapweeds, particularly spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa), squarrose knapweed (Centaurea virgata ssp. squarrosa), and diffuse knapweed (Centaurea...
- Retrieved 2022-02-04. Mifsud, Stephen (2002-08-23). "Trifolium squarrosum (Squarrose Clover) : MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands"...
- squamule Small scales. squamulose Covered with small scales (squamules). squarrose Having tips of leaves, stems, etc. radiating or projecting outward, e...