squarrose Meaning, Definition & Usage
Squar*rose" adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged ; as:(a) (Bot. & Zoöl.) 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 .(b) (Bot.) Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf .(c) (Zoöl.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell. Landley.