squam
noun as in strong fondness
Word Combinations
Example:The scales on the plant are squamiform, providing an intricate pattern.
Definition:Resembling or having the form of a scale; especially with respect to plant structures.
Example:The surface of the plant is squamose, making it somewhat rough to the touch.
Definition:Covered with, or having, scales; scaly.
Example:The buds of the plant are squamulose, indicating the potential for scale-like growth.
Definition:Having small, scale-like projections or outgrowths.
Example:The lizard's skin is scaly to the touch.
Definition:Covered with or having the appearance of scales.
Example:The leaf margins are pectinate and add to the plant's aesthetic appeal.
Definition:Featherlike or comblike in form, with thin, flat divisions on either side that are parallel to a common base.
Example:This molecule is divalent and can form two bonds.
Definition:Chemistry: Having or showing a capacity to combine with two atoms or groups of atoms.
Example:This snail is univalve, possessing a single shell.
Definition:Having a single shell divided into two equal or unequal parts joined only at the dorsal line.
Example:The plant's leaves are bilaterally symmetrical, creating an aesthetically pleasing pattern.
Definition:By or in a manner symmetrical about a central plane or axis.
Example:The flowers on the plant are verticillate, appearing in a circular pattern around the stem.
Definition:Arranged in whorls on a stem; in a circular pattern around the stem.
Example:The plant's flowers are glomerulate, forming soft, globular clusters.
Definition:Growing or arranged in soft, globular clusters.
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