Meaning of ACEROSE
| Pronunciation: | | 'asu`rows
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| | Definition: | | [adj] narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves |
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| | Synonyms: | | acerate, acicular, needlelike, needle-shaped, pointed, simple, unsubdivided |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac"er*ose`\, a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen.
aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F.
ac['e]reux.] (Bot.)
(a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.
(b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf
of the pine.
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