Definition of Scarious. Meaning of Scarious. Synonyms of Scarious

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Definition of Scarious

Scarious
Scariose Sca"ri*ose, Scarious Sca"ri*ous, a. [F. scarieux, NL. scariosus. Cf. Scary.] (Bot.) Thin, dry, membranous, and not green. --Gray.

Meaning of Scarious from wikipedia

- axis more or less erect with few or no leaves; consisting of a scape. scarious Dry and membranous. schizocarp A dry fruit formed from more than one carpel...
- Bracts and bracteoles are either herbaceous or scarious. Flowers are regular with an herbaceous or scarious perianth of (one to) mostly five (rarely to eight)...
- root each year"; "BOTANY Resembling a leaf in colour or texture. Opp. scarious". Botanical sources differ from each other on the definition of "herb"...
- erect-patents. Sepals are around 11–14 mm (0.43–0.55 in), with narrow scarious margin, subtle, green or somewhat purple. Petals are 25–30 mm (0.98–1.18 in)...
- often scabrous at margin; scarious sti****s, almost setose, swollen basally in a persistent gland, purplish. Flower bracts scarious, linear-lanceolate, with...
- herbaceous but can also be brightly coloured (e.g. Helichrysum) or have a scarious (dry and membranous) texture. The phyllaries can be free or fused, and...
- flower buds are enveloped and protected in a thin dry papery or membranous (scarious) spathe. The spathe consists of a singular bract that is ribbed, and which...
- specialised leaves at the base of the flower. The calyx tube itself is not scarious (papery and membranous) at the joints between the lobes. It is a plant...
- humidity shifts in response to the daily temperature change. Bracts are scarious, the hinge and blade composed exclusively of dead cells (Nishikawa et al...
- slightly downward, resembling the hind legs of a jumping frog. Its bracts are scarious — thin and papery. The roots of this orchid are so well camouflaged on...