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ac⋅er⋅ose

1  [as-uh-rohs]
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–adjective Botany.
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
Also, acerate, acerous.

Origin:
1775–85; special sense of acerose 2 , by misattribution of acer- to L acus needle, whose s. is acu- and not acer- (cf. acute )

ac⋅er⋅ose

2  [as-uh-rohs]
–adjective
1. resembling chaff.
2. mixed with chaff.
Origin:
1715–25; < L acerōsus, equiv. to acer- (s. of acus) chaff + -ōsus -ose 1
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adj.  Needlelike, as the leaves of pine; acerate.

[New Latin acerōsus, incorrect use of Latin acerōsus, full of chaff (as if from acus, needle, or ācer, sharp), from acus, acer-, chaff; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]
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