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Definition: SQUARROSE |
SQUARROSEAdjective1. Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; -- said of a shell. 2. Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf. 3. 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. 4. Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged |
| Domain | Definition |
Science | Branching at right angles, as in rhizines. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SQUARROSE |
| English words defined with "SQUARROSE": Squarrous, Squarrulose. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SQUARROSE": Squarrulose. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Seedhead of squarrose knapweed. Credit: Jerry Asher. |  | Squarrose Knapweed sprouting back after fire. Credit: Pat Fosse. |
 | A field of squarrose knapweed. Credit: Jerry Asher. |  | Lone squarrose knapweed plant at Knotch Peak Wilderness, Utah. Credit: Jerry Asher. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SQUARROSE": Squarrose-slashed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SQUARROSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Vietnamese | ráp những vảy (squarrous). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-o-q-r-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: arousers, squarers. | |
-2 letters: arouser, arouses, assurer, assuror, rasures, rousers, soarers, squarer, squares. | |
-3 letters: arouse, assure, rasers, rasure, roques, rouser, rouses, serosa, serous, soarer, sourer, square, surras, urares, urases. | |
-4 letters: arose, arses, aures, euros, oases, quare, quass, rares, raser, rases, rears, roars, roque, roses, roues, rouse, ruers, ruses, saros, sears, soars, soras, sorer, sores, sorus. | |
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