acerate

ac·er·ate

A0048900 (ăs′ə-rāt′) also ac·er·at·ed (-rā′tĭd)adj. Acerose.

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[From Latin ācer, sharp; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

acerate

(ˈæsəˌreɪt; -rɪt) adj (Botany) another word for acerose[C19: from Latin ācer sharp + -ate¹]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

acerate - narrow and long and pointed; as pine leavesacerose, acicular, needle-shapedunsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions