| acerose | <botany> Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine. Origin: (a) L. Acerosus chaffy, fr. Acus, gen. Aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. Acus needle: cf. F. Acereux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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