SQUARROSE Squar*rose" ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [L. squarrosus (perhaps) scurfy, scabby.]
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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. Squarrose- slashed (Bot.), doubly slashed, with the smaller divisions at right angles to the others, as a leaf. Landley.
SQUARROSO-DENTATE
Squar*ro`so-den"tate, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; — said of a leaf.
SQUARROUS
Squar"rous ( or ), a.
Defn: Squarrose.
SQUARRULOSE
Squar"ru*lose`, a. Etym: [Dim. of squarrose.] (Bot.)
Defn: Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose. Gray.
SQUASH
Squash, n. Etym: [Cf. Musquash.] (Zoöl.)