Thesaurus: squarrose

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1. a. Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged
2. a. 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.
3. a. Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
4. a. Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell.
5. Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged; as: (a) (Bot. & Zoöl.) 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) (Zoöl.) 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.
6. Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough;jagged; as:(a) (Bot. & Zoöl.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; havingscales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axison which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or stem. (b) (Bot.)
7. a. Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged a. 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. a. Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf. a. Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell.