adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Rough or scaly.
2. 2
   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. 3
   Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
4. 4
   Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; said of a shell.

Synonyms

All synonyms

harshjaggedroughrugosescabrousscaly

Etymology

From Latin squarrosus (“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”).

Related phrases

right angle

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