scarious

UK /ˈskɛəɹi.əs/ US /ˈskɛɹi.əs/

adj 3

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VERB + SCARIOUS

fowlwise, heads

SCARIOUS + NOUN

involucres, neck

PREP.

on, than

Definitions

adj

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.

thin, dry, membranous

Gray head goggling fowlwise on a scarious neck, turning.

scaly, scurfy

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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.

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Gray head goggling fowlwise on a scarious neck, turning.

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