1. (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts 
2. A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
   - scale, exfoliation

Derived forms: scurfs

See also: scurfy

Type of: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap

Encyclopedia: Scurf

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