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scarious, a.|ˈskɛərɪəs|
[ad. F. scarieux, ad. mod.L. scariōsus scariose a.]
1. Bot. Having a dry and shrivelled appearance.
1806W. Turton tr. Linn. Syst. Nat. VII. Expl. Terms, Scarious, dry and rigid, as if dead. 1819Pantologia, Scarious leaf, in botany. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 261 The scarious perianth by which the Order [Juncaceæ] is distinguished from Liliaceæ. 1882G. Allen in Nature 17 Aug. 372 The corolla is thin and scarious.
2. Zool. Dry, not fleshy.
1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon i. 49 In some animals..the tongue is scarious cartilaginous, or provided with a corneous investment. 1872Coues Key N. Amer. Birds 47 When the harder sorts of either scutella or plates are roughened without obvious elevation, the leg is said to be scabrous or scarious. |