acerose

[as-uh-rohs]

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adjective Botany.

needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.

Origin of acerose

1775–85; special sense of acerose², by misattribution of acer- to Latin acus needle, whose stem is acu- and not acer- (cf. acute)

acerose

[as-uh-rohs]

adjective

resembling chaff.

mixed with chaff.

Origin of acerose

1715–25; < Latin acerōsus, equivalent to acer- (stem of acus) chaff + -ōsus -ose¹

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Related Words for acerose

acuminate, acute, mucronate, pointy, sharp, acerate, acerose, acerous, acicular, aciculate

British Dictionary definitions for acerose

acerose

acerous

adjective

shaped like a needle, as pine leaves

Word Origin for acerose

C18: from Latin acerōsus full of chaff (erroneously used by Linnaeus as if derived from ācer sharp)

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