Found 2 items, similar to Acerose.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: acerose
acerose
adj : narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn:
acerate,
acicular,
needle-shaped]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Acerose
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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