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Acicular vs Acerose - What's the difference?

acicular | acerose |

As adjectives the difference between acicular and acerose

is that acicular is needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle while acerose is (botany) having the nature of chaff; chaffy or acerose can be (botany) needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.

acicular

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
  • Having sharp points like needles.

    • Derived terms

    * acicularly

    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.