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Acerose vs Acetose - What's the difference?

acerose | acetose |

As adjectives the difference between acerose and acetose

is that acerose is having the nature of chaff; chaffy while acetose is sour like vinegar; acetous.

acerose

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) acerosus'' chaffy, from ''acus'', (genitive ''aceris ), chaff

Adjective

(-)
  • (botany) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

    • Etymology 2

    As if from Latin acus'' needle: compare French

    Adjective

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

    • acetose

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sour like vinegar; acetous.

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