erose
Americanadjective
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uneven, as if gnawed away.
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Botany. having the margin irregularly incised as if gnawed, as a leaf.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of erose
1785–95; < Latin ērōsus, past participle of ērōdere. See erode
Example Sentences
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The fourth glume is narrow, ciliate, nerveless or rarely 1-nerved, erose or bifid at the top.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
These lawyers, six and four, Was a livin at their ease, A sendin of their writs abowt, And droring in the fees, When their erose a cirkimstance As is like to make a breeze.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton
The first glume is very short less than 1/5 inch, broadly oblong, nerveless, hyaline, broadly truncate and erose at the apex.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
In some grasses it is a distinct membrane narrow or broad, with an even, truncate or erose margin, or finely ciliate.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
These lawyers, six and four, Was a livin at their ease, A sendin of their writs abowt, And droring in the fees, When their erose a cirkimstance As is like to make a breeze.
From Ballads by William Makepeace Thackeray
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