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acerose

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[ as-uh-rohs ]
/ ˈæs əˌroʊs /
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adjective Botany.
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
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Also acerate, acerous2.

Origin of acerose

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

Words nearby acerose

acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acerola, acerose, acerous, acervate, acervuline, acervulus, acescent

Other definitions 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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Words related to acerose

acerate, acerous, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspated, cuspidated, mucronate, pointy, sharp, acicular

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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