acerose 1
/as"euh rohs'/ , adj. Bot.
needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine.
Also, acerate, acerous .
[ 1775-85; special sense of ACEROSE 2 , by misattribution of acer- to L acus needle, whose s. is acu- and not acer - (cf. ACUTE) ]
acerose 2
/as"euh rohs'/ , adj.
1. resembling chaff.
2. mixed with chaff.
[ 1715-25; acerosus, equiv. to acer- (s. of acus ) chaff + -osus -OSE 1 ]