·adj Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged.
II. Squarrose ·adj Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
III. Squarrose ·adj Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface;
— said of a shell.
IV. Squarrose ·adj 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.