squarrose, a.
(skwæˈrəʊs, skwɒˈrəʊs)
[ad. L. squarrōs-us (rare), scurfy, scabby.]
1. Bot. a. Composed of, covered with, scales or other processes standing out at right angles or more widely.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xi. (1765) 23 Squarrose, that is, composed of Scales divaricated on all Sides. 1785 Martyn Lett. Bot. xxvi. (1794) 398 An imbricate calyx, rather squarrose, or having a ragged appearance from the spreading of the tips of the scales. 1806 J. Galpine Brit. Bot. 390 Spike oblong, somewhat decompound, squarrose. 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. (1860) 196 Scales of the hemispherical squarrose many-ranked involucre. 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 408 Spikelets few green squarrose. |
b. Of scales: Standing out at right angles or to a greater degree.
| 1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 662 Invol[ucre] imbricated, the exterior scales somewhat squarrose. 1866 M. J. Berkeley in Intellectual Obs. No. 50. 96 Covered with rough squarrose scales. |
2. Ent. (See first quot.)
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 296 Squarrose, cut into laciniæ that are elevated above the plane of the surface. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 452 Margin of the corallum squarrose. |
Hence squaˈrrosely adv.
| 1849 Craig s.v., Squarrosely-imbricated, laid on in a squarrose manner. 1856 Henslow Bot. Terms 182 The incisions of laciniate and of pinnatifid leaves are squarrosely disposed. |