acerose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
    acerate; acicular; needle-shaped.

WordNet

Ac"er*ose` adjective
Etymology
(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. acéreux.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

Webster 1913