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acerous

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ac⋅er⋅ous

1  [as-er-uhs]
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–adjective Botany.
acerose 1 .
Origin:
1840–50

a⋅ce⋅rous

2  [ey-seer-uhs]
–adjective Zoology.
1. having no antennae.
2. having no horns.
Origin:
< Gk akerós, equiv. to a- a- 6 + -keros, adj. deriv. of kéras horn; see -ous

ac⋅er⋅ose

1  [as-uh-rohs]
–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 )
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