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acerose

1
[ as-uh-rohs ]
/ ˈæs əˌroʊs /
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adjective Botany.

needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.

Words related to acerose

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

Words nearby acerose

acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acerola, acerose, acerous, acervate, acervuline, acervulus, acescent
Also acerate, acerous1.

Origin of acerose

1
1775–85; special sense of acerose2, by misattribution of acer- to Latin acus needle, whose stem is acu- and not acer- (cf. acute)

Definition for acerose (2 of 2)

acerose2
[ as-uh-rohs ]
/ ˈæs əˌroʊs /

adjective

resembling chaff.
mixed with chaff.

Origin of acerose

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

acerose

acerous

/ (ˈæsəˌrəʊs, -ˌrəʊz) /

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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