squarroseadj.
/ˈskwɒrəʊs/, /skwɒˈrəʊs/, /ˈskwarəʊs/, /skwaˈrəʊs/, U.S. /ˈskwɑˌroʊs/, /ˈskwɑˌroʊz/ 1. Botany.
a. Composed of, covered with, scales or other processes standing out at right angles or more widely.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > bract, scale, palea, or spathe > [adjective] > having bracts, etc.
scaly1597
paleaceous1648
squamous1658
paleated1661
paled1704
squamose1731
leprous1759
spathaceous1760
squarrose1760
comose1793
glumose1793
ramentaceous1806
squarrous1806
leprose1818
squamate1826
glumaceous1828
bracteolate1830
lepidote1836
bracteate1839
spathose1839
squamulose1846
bracteated1852
bracted1854
obimbricate1857
squamaceous1857
squarrulose1857
ramentiferous1858
furfuraceous1860
tribracteate1870
tribracteolate1870
paleate1879
bracteose1880
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xi. 23 Squarrose, that is, composed of Scales divaricated on all Sides.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 401 An imbricate calyx, rather squarrose, or having a ragged appearance from the spreading of the tips of the scales.
1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 390 Spike oblong, somewhat decompound, squarrose.
1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (1860) 196 Scales of the hemispherical squarrose many-ranked involucre.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 408 Spikelets few green squarrose.
b. Of scales: Standing out at right angles or to a greater degree.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > of scales: projecting
squarrose1836
1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 662 Invol[ucre] imbricated, the exterior scales somewhat squarrose.
1866 M. J. Berkeley in Intellectual Obs. No. 50. 96 Covered with rough squarrose scales.
2. Entomology. (See first quot. 1826.)
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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 296 Squarrose, cut into laciniæ that are elevated above the plane of the surface.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 452 Margin of the corallum squarrose.
Derivatives
squaˈrrosely adv.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adverb] > projection or protuberance
acicularly1796
tuberculatedly1822
echinulately1846
pectinately1846
squarrosely1849
1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. (at cited word) Squarrosely-imbricated, laid on in a squarrose manner.
1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 182 The incisions of laciniate and of pinnatifid leaves are squarrosely disposed.
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