Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acerose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acerose
adj : narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn: {acerate},
{acicular}, {needle-shaped}, {needlelike}]
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