What is "acerose"

Acerose \Ac"er*ose`\, a. [

1. L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff;

2. as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. ac['e]reux.] (Bot.)

   1. Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

   2. Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

Etymology 1 a. (context botany English) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. Etymology 2

a. (context botany English) needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

adj. narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn: acerate, acicular, needle-shaped]