squarrose
squarrose · more squarrose · most squarrose
Rough or scalyRough or scaly.
Meaning
4 sensesRough or scaly.
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.
Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; said of a shell.
Origin
From Latin squarrosus (“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”).From Latin squarrosus (“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”).
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Forms
more squarrose, most squarrose| Comparative | more squarrose Lesson |
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| Superlative | most squarrose Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form