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ACERATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does acerate mean?

• ACERATE (adjective)
The adjective ACERATE has 1 sense:

1. narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves

Familiarity information: ACERATE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACERATE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves

Synonyms:

acerate; acerose; acicular; needle-shaped

Similar:

pointed (having a point)

simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)

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