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Recent Examples of scalelike
This upright evergreen has flat sprays of scalelike, aromatic, yellow-green to green foliage.
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
The rover began exploring the Marker Band feature — which was found to have thin, hard rocks covering the surface is a scalelike pattern — in 2022.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
The rover began exploring the Marker Band feature — which was found to have thin, hard rocks covering the surface is a scalelike pattern — in 2022.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalelike
squamous
Adjective
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Cervical dysplasia on a Pap test is a squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL).—
Ann Pietrangelo,
Verywell Health,
6 Sep. 2024
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Eligible participants must identify as Black, be assigned female at birth or self-identify as women, not have a history of cancer (except basal or squamous skin cancer) and be between ages 25 and 55.—
Shana O. Ntiri,
Baltimore Sun,
21 June 2024
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“Scalelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalelike. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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