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acerose
ac·er·ose
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əˌroʊs
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-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
Latin
acus
needle, whose stem is
acu-
and not
acer-
(cf.
acute
)
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ac·er·ose
2
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əˌroʊs
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-
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adjective
1.
resembling chaff.
2.
mixed with chaff.
Origin:
1715–25;
<
Latin
acerōsus,
equivalent to
acer-
(stem of
acus
) chaff +
-ōsus
-ose
1
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World English Dictionary
acerose
or
acerous
(ˈæsəˌrəʊs, -ˌrəʊz)
—
adj
shaped like a needle, as pine leaves
[C18: from Latin
acerōsus
full of chaff (erroneously used by Linnaeus as if derived from
ācer
sharp)]
acerous
or
acerous
—
adj
[C18: from Latin
acerōsus
full of chaff (erroneously used by Linnaeus as if derived from
ācer
sharp)]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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