“The scabrous bark of the tree peeled off in chunks, revealing the smooth wood beneath.”

“The comedian's scabrous jokes were met with uproarious laughter, but some audience members found them offensive and distasteful.”

“The scabrous surface of the old wooden table made it difficult to write or draw on.”

“The margins of this glume are membranous and somewhat scaberulous.”

“The first glume is small, oblong-ovate or oblong, 1-nerved with a scabrid keel.”

“The flowering glume is awned, strongly 5-nerved, nerves scabrid and ciliate, the lateral nerves being marginal.”

“Very like a Poa when opened out, but the leaves are scabrid at the sheaths.”