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Definition of: scarious
(skâr′ē·əs) adjective
1. Bot. Thin, dry, membranaceous, and not green: said of plants.
2. Scaly. Also scar′i·ose (-ōs). [<F scarieux <NL scariosus <L scaria a thorny shrub]
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