acerose adj 1: narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn: {acerate}, {acerose}, {acicular}, {needle-shaped}]
Acerose \Ac"er*ose`\, a. [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. ac['e]reux.] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine. [1913 Webster]