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scabrid

/ skəˈbrɪdɪtɪ; ˈskæbrɪd /

adjective

  1. having a rough or scaly surface


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Derived Forms

  • scabridity, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scabrid1

C19: see scabrous

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Example Sentences

The glume just below the joint is finely scabrid to a little distance.

The flowering glume is awned, strongly 5-nerved, nerves scabrid and ciliate, the lateral nerves being marginal.

The first glume is oblong-lanceolate, 5-nerved, pitted above the middle, with recurved margins and scabrid keels and nerves.

The first glume is lanceolate, flat and smooth, keels scabrid with usually a deep dorsal pit, 4-nerved.

The first glume is rigidly coriaceous, gradually narrowed from a villous base to an erect scabrid awn, 1-nerved.

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