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Squarrose vs Squarrosely - What's the difference?

squarrose | squarrosely |

As an adjective squarrose

is rough or scaly.

As an adverb squarrosely is

in a squarrose manner; scabbily.

squarrose

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * squarrosity ----

    squarrosely

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a squarrose manner; scabbily.