acrid
adjective
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc..
subacrid
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a word derived from
acrid.
Example Sentences
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The spores are .0003 to .00035 inch; milk white, taste subacrid.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
The Leaves.—They have a subtile subacrid taste, and are recommended as vulneraries, and in asthmas and hectic fevers, and such disorders as are occasioned by drinking cold liquors when the body has been much heated.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
The Flowers.—The flowers appear in April; they have a pleasant sweet smell, and a subacrid, bitterish, subastringent taste.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
The Seeds.—They have a strong, not unpleasant smell; and a subacrid, somewhat unctuous disagreeable taste.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
