squarrose
Adj
- Rough 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 / Etymology
From Latin squarrosus (“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”).
Scrabble Score: 18
squarrose: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsquarrose: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
squarrose: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 0
squarrose: not valid in Words With Friends