squarrose

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adjective

Rough or scaly.

Similar
roughscaly
OriginLatin squarrosus →
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Meanings

adjectivesquarrose (comparative more squarrose, superlative most squarrose)

comparative more squarrose · superlative most squarrose

  1. Rough or scaly.

    Synonyms: rough

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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRough or scaly.

Similar
rough
Similar
scaly
Also see
harshjaggedroughrugosescalysquamatesquammysquamoussquamulose

Origin

  1. Latinsquarrosus“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”
  2. Englishsquarrose

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

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APA

squarrose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squarrose

MLA

“squarrose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squarrose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squarrose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squarrose.

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