单词 | acerose |
释义 | acerose1[ as-uh-rohs ] / ˈæs əˌroʊs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR acerose ON THESAURUS.COM adjective Botany.needle-shaped, as the leaves of the pine. Also acerate, acerous2. Origin of acerose11775–85; special sense of acerose2, by misattribution of acer- to Latin acus needle, whose stem is acu- and not acer- (cf. acute) Words nearby aceroseacerb, acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acerola, acerose, acerous, acervate, acervuline, acervulus, acescent Definition for acerose (2 of 2)acerose2 [ as-uh-rohs ] / ˈæs əˌroʊs / adjectiveresembling chaff. mixed with chaff. Origin of acerose21715–25; <Latin acerōsus, equivalent to acer- (stem of acus) chaff + -ōsus-ose1 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for aceroseacerose acerous/ (ˈæsəˌrəʊs, -ˌrəʊz) / adjectiveshaped like a needle, as pine leaves Word Origin for aceroseC18: from Latin acerōsus full of chaff (erroneously used by Linnaeus as if derived from ācer sharp) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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