scabridulous

English

Adjective

scabridulous (comparative more scabridulous, superlative most scabridulous)

  1. (botany) Synonym of scaberulous (slightly rough)[1]
    • 2010, Phytoneuron[2], Fort Worth, TX : Guy L. Nesom, page 3:
      Indeed, in several instances I was forced to conclude that Riggins had based her determination of Sporobolus clandestinus solely on this scabridulous texture; and conflicting judgments among the experts tended to involve just those scabridulous lemmas without hairs.

References

  1. ^ Hewson, Helen (1988) Plant indumentum : a handbook of terminology[1], page 31