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Webster 1913 Edition

Scarious

{

Sca′ri-ose

,

Sca′ri-ous

, }
Adj.
[F.
scarieux
, NL.
scariosus
. Cf.
Scary
.]
(Bot.)
Thin, dry, membranous, and not green.
Gray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scarious

SCA'RIOUS

,
Adj.
[Low L. scarrosus, rough.] In botany, tough, thin

SCA'RIOUS

,
Adj.
[Low L. scarrosus, rough.] In botany, tough, thin and semi-transparent, dry and sonorous to the touch; as a perianth.

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