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e⋅rose

  [i-rohs]
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–adjective
1. uneven, as if gnawed away.
2. Botany. having the margin irregularly incised as if gnawed, as a leaf.
Origin:
1785–95; < L ērōsus, ptp. of ērōdere. See erode

Related forms:
e⋅rose⋅ly, adverb
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e·rose   (ĭ-rōs')   
adj.  Irregularly notched, toothed, or indented: erose leaves.

[From Latin ērōsus, past participle of ērōdere, to gnaw off; see erode.]
e·rose'ly adv.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: erose
Pronunciation: i-'rOs
Function: adjective
: having the margin irregularly notched as if gnawed erose edge of a bacterialcolony>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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