Meanings
- obsoleterareuncountableRoughness (of a surface).
The scabredity of the pedicels may possibly be of some mechanical assistance in the splitting of the spathe.
1909 May 28, James E. McDonald, “The Broad-Leaved Wood Garlic or Ramsons”, in The Naturalist, number 628, page 1992 more examples
concavities about the eyes, wrinkles, pimples, red streaks, freckles, hairs, warts, næves, inequalities, roughness, scabredity, paleness, yellowness, and as many colours as are in a turkeycock's neck
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLCIn the description the lemma is described as „exceeding the glumes“, which is often the case in A. adscensionis, the awns are described as „barbatae“, an unusual denotation of the scabredity of the awns.
1927, Jan Theodoor Henrard, “A Critical Revision of the Genus Aristida”, in Mededeelingen van's Rijks Herbarium, volume 54A, number 1, page 265
Origin
- Latinscabrēdō“roughness of the skin, scabbiness”
- Englishscabredity
From Latin scabrēdō (“roughness of the skin, scabbiness”) + -ity.
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