acerose
/ˈasərəʊs/ /ˈasərəʊz/adjective
1Full of or resembling chaff. rare.
2Originally Botany. Needle-shaped and rigid, as the leaves of a pine tree; sharply pointed; acicular.
Origin
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.
- supranationality
- supranatural
- supranaturalism
- supranaturalist
- supranaturalistic
- supranature
- supranormal
- supranuclear
- supraoccipital
- supraocular
- supra-oesophageal
- supraoptic
- supraopticohypophysial
- supraorbital
- supraorganism
- suprapapillary
- suprapedal
- suprapersonal
- suprapharyngeal
- supraphysiological
- supraposition
- supra protest
- suprapubian
- suprapubic
- suprapygal