scalelike leaves. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They describe the colour, shape, and size of the buds, and also their gummy and scalelike covering. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Hair is good at soaking up oil because, up close, the strands are shaped like a palm tree with scalelike cuticles. From Wordnik.com. [Recession Puts a Kink in Operation] Reference
Her dress was almost scalelike: a shimmering aqua that draped her slender figure with greens and shadows that seemed to slink through the material. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Furies] Reference
Wool fibers have a scalelike surface structure; the scales will expand slightly on exposure to hot water (that of the dye bath, for example) and contract again on cooling. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
Like many others of the scale bugs, the cochineal males have wings and are not so scalelike as their helpless mates. From Wordnik.com. [The Insect Folk] Reference
Species are also called ground pine or ground cedar and have attractive scalelike leaves and, unlike true mosses, do have a vascular system with specialized cells for fluid transport. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The younger parts of the tree were clothed with stiff needle-shaped leaves, but elsewhere the trunk and branches were marked with scalelike scars, left by the fallen leaves, and arranged in spiral rows. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
The updated title lets players create avatars of their dogs and cats, enter information such as their pet's birthday, and use the scalelike Wii Balance Board controller to weigh themselves and their pets. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scalelike affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly noninfective. From Wordnik.com. [The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes]
During a penguin’s molt, which takes two to four weeks, every last feather—including the tiny, scalelike feathers on their wings—falls out and new feathers grow in. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Penguin Rescue] Reference
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