scabrule
English
Etymology
Possibly a descendent of Latin scaber + -ule(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Preceding etymology is speculative.”)
Noun
scabrule (plural scabrules)
- (botany) Short, stiff projections or hairs which give a stem or leaf a rough texture, at least in one direction.
- 2004, Arthur Haines et al., “Records for Carex rostrata (Cyperaceae) in New England”, in Rhodora, volume 106, number 927, JSTOR 23314757:
- Rare specimens will have one or more leaves covered adaxially with tiny scabrules, which provide a rough texture to the leaf.