scarious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈskɛəɹi.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈskɛɹi.əs/ (General-American)
Etymology
French scarieux. Compare scary.
Meanings
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thin, dry, membranous, and not green
A polymorphous plant, with larger (frequently three lines in diameter), more globose and racemose heads, and more scarious involucres than any form of A. vulgaris.
1838, John Torrey, Asa Gray, A Flora of North America, page 422:
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thin, dry, membranous
Gray head goggling fowlwise on a scarious neck, turning.
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 169:
- scaly, scurfy
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more scarious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| scariose | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most scarious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |