acerose

Meaning

Adjective

  • Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.
  • needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

Origin

  • Latin acerosus ("chaffy"), from acus (genitive aceris).
  • As if from Latin acus; compare French acĂ©reux.

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