scarious

[ skair-ee-uhs ]

/ ˈskɛər i əs /

adjective Botany.

thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy.

Origin of scarious

1800–10; alteration of scariose<New Latin scariōsus< ?; see -ous

Words nearby scarious

scarfskin, Scargill, scarification, scarificator, scarify, scarious, scarlatina, scarlatina hemorrhagica, scarlatinella, scarlatiniform, scarlatinoid

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Example sentences from the Web for scarious

Involucral scales few, equal, in a single row, not scarious.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
Scales of the broad and flat involucre imbricated, with scarious margins.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
Small modified leaves, usually thin and scarious, seen in buds and cones; the flakes into which the outer bark often divides.
Michigan Trees|Charles Herbert Otis
Sheath of the leaves usually more or less extended above the base of the blade into a scarious appendage (ligule).
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

Receptacle convex to subulate, chaffy, the scarious chaff not embracing the smooth dorsally compressed achenes.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for scarious

scarious

scariose (ˈskɛərɪˌəʊs)

/ (ˈskɛərɪəs) /

adjective

(of plant parts) membranous, dry, and brownish in colourscarious bracts

Word Origin for scarious

C19: from New Latin scariōsus, of uncertain origin

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单词	scarious
释义	scarious [ skair-ee-uhs ] / ˈskɛər i əs / adjective Botany. thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy. Origin of scarious 1800–10; alteration of scariose<New Latin scariōsus< ?; see -ous Words nearby scarious scarfskin, Scargill, scarification, scarificator, scarify, scarious, scarlatina, scarlatina hemorrhagica, scarlatinella, scarlatiniform, scarlatinoid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scarious Involucral scales few, equal, in a single row, not scarious. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States\|Asa Gray Scales of the broad and flat involucre imbricated, with scarious margins. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States\|Asa Gray Small modified leaves, usually thin and scarious, seen in buds and cones; the flakes into which the outer bark often divides. Michigan Trees\|Charles Herbert Otis Sheath of the leaves usually more or less extended above the base of the blade into a scarious appendage (ligule). The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States\|Asa Gray Receptacle convex to subulate, chaffy, the scarious chaff not embracing the smooth dorsally compressed achenes. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States\|Asa Gray British Dictionary definitions for scarious scarious scariose (ˈskɛərɪˌəʊs) / (ˈskɛərɪəs) / adjective (of plant parts) membranous, dry, and brownish in colourscarious bracts Word Origin for scarious C19: from New Latin scariōsus, of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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