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Acerous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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.

Acerous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Same as Acerose.

2. Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.

3. Without antennae, as some insects.