Acerose

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acerose \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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acerose
       adj : narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn: {acerate},
              {acicular}, {needle-shaped}]