AC'EROUS, adjective [Latin acerosus, chaffy, from acus, chaff or a point.]
1. In botany, chaffy; resembling chaff.
2. An acerous or acerose leaf is one which is linear and permanent, in form of a needle, as in pine.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.