acerose

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[ as-uh-rohs ]
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adjectiveBotany.
  1. needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.

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)

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Other definitions for acerose (2 of 2)

acerose2
[ as-uh-rohs ]

adjective
  1. resembling chaff.

  2. 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
  1. shaped like a needle, as pine leaves

Origin of acerose

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

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