Definition of squarrose

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