squarrose

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) Rough or scaly.
 * 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.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:rough or Thesaurus:scaly