1. thin, dry, and membranous in texture, often translucent
Usage: botanical; technical

Examples

• The scarious bracts surrounding the flower head were almost transparent.
• Many grasses have scarious leaf sheaths that rustle in the wind.
• The botanist noted the scarious margins on the sepals.
• Scarious scales protected the developing buds through winter.
• The seed pods had scarious walls that split open when mature.
• Her field guide described the plant’s scarious stipules in detail.