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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acerose \Ac"er*ose`\, a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr acus, gen.
aceris chaff; b as if fr L. acus needle: cf F.
ac['e]reux.] (Bot.)
a Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.
b Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf
of the pine.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
acerose
adj : narrow and long; as pine leaves [syn: {acerate}, {acicular},
{needle-shaped}]
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