squarrose

Adjective

squar=rose

CIDE DICTIONARY

squarrose, a. [L. squarrosus (perhaps) scurfy, scabby.].

Ragged or full of loose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged [1913 Webster]

Squarrose-slashed (Bot.), doubly slashed, with the smaller divisions at right angles to the others, as a leaf. Lindley.

squarrose, adj. Bot. & Zool. rough with scalelike projections.

Etymology

L squarrosus scurfy, scabby