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Definition of Acerous
1. a. Same as Acerose.
2. a. Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks.
Definition of Acerous
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of acerose) ¹
2. Adjective. (zoology) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks ¹
3. Adjective. (zoology) Without antennae, as some insects ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acerous
1. acerose [adj] - See also: acerose
Medical Definition of Acerous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acerous
Literary usage of Acerous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"Leaves scattered or fascicled, acerous, linear or lanceolate, parallel-veined.
... Trees with evergreen, acerous Ivs. in fascicles of 2 to 5, each fascicle ..."
2. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1873)
"Leaves scat- tered or fascicled, acerous, linear or lanceolate, ... •Irccs with
evergreen, acerous Ivs. in fascicles of 2 to 5, each fascicle ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"... or such as have two* antennae, and acerous, or such as have none. With regard
to their situation, the antennae are generally inserted above the eyes in ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1817)
"The stem is simple, branching, and prolife.. rous : its leaves are sessile,
acerous, one eighth of an inch in length, and one sixteenth in width, ..."
5. The American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure, Life by Alphonso Wood (1875)
"Very delicate, chiefly S. African, branching and brittle. Leaves whorled, rarely
alternate, linear or acerous. Flowers nodding, cyanic. ..."
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