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Word: Acerose
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 18th century; earliest use found in Nathan Bailey (d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster. From classical Latin acerōsus full of or mixed with chaff from acer-, acus chaff + -ōsus
Definition:
Full of or resembling chaff.
Definition:
Needle-shaped and rigid, as the leaves of a pine tree; sharply pointed; acicular.
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