acerose

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Definition of acerose in English English dictionary

Having the nature of chaff; chaffy

needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine

{a} like chaff, chaffy, linear

narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves

Hyphenation

ac·er·ose

Etymology

() Latin acerosus chaffy, from acus, (genitive aceris), chaff