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squarrous

squarrous is the archaic form of squarrose.

Meaning of squarrose

Adjective

squarrose (comparative more squarrose, superlative most squarrose)

  1. Rough or scaly.
    Synonyms:
    rough
  2. 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.
  3. Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
  4. Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; said of a shell.

Forms of squarrous

comparativemore squarrous
superlativemost squarrous

Questions about squarrous

What is squarrous the archaic form of?
Squarrous is the archaic form of squarrose.

Words near squarrous in the dictionary

  1. squaroid
  2. squaroids
  3. squarrose
  4. squarrosely
  5. squarrosity
  6. squarrous
  7. squarrulose
  8. squarsh
  9. squarshes
  10. squarson
  11. squarsonage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: squarrous (page history and authors); squarrose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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