scurf

1. n. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff. Source: opted

2. n. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. Source: opted

3. n. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. Source: opted

4. n. Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. Source: opted

5. n. (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts Source: wordnet

6. n. a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin Source: wordnet

7. 1. Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff. 2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent. The scurf is worn away of each committed crime. Dryden. 3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface. There stood a hill not far, whose grisly top Belched fire and rolling smoke; the rest entire Shone with a glossy scurf. Milton. 4. (Bot.) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. Gray. Source: webster

8. Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as inthe goosefoot. Gray. Source: adambom

9. n. (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts Source: ecdict

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