acerate, acerose, acicular, needle-shaped
(adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acerose (not comparable)
(botany) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.
acerose (not comparable)
(botany) needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac"er*ose`, a. Etym: [(a) L. acerosus chaffy, fr. acus, gen. aceris, chaff; (b) as if fr. L. acus needle: cf. F. acéreux.] (Bot.) (a) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. (b) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
