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erose
[ ih-rohs ]
adjective
- uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Botany. having the margin irregularly incised as if gnawed, as a leaf.
erose
/ -ˈrəʊz; ɪˈrəʊs /
adjective
- jagged or uneven, as though gnawed or bitten
erose leaves
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Derived Forms
- ±ðˈ°ù´Ç²õ±ð±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð·°ù´Ç²õ±ðl²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of erose1
C18: from Latin ŧ°ùŲõ³Ü²õ eaten away, from ŧ°ùÅ»å±ð°ù±ð to erode
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Flowers large, solitary on long terminal peduncles, mostly 4-merous; corolla campanulate-funnel-form, its lobes usually fimbriate or erose, not crowned; a row of glands between the bases of the filaments.
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The fourth glume is narrow, ciliate, nerveless or rarely 1-nerved, erose or bifid at the top.
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The first glume is very short less than 1/5 inch, broadly oblong, nerveless, hyaline, broadly truncate and erose at the apex.
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In some grasses it is a distinct membrane narrow or broad, with an even, truncate or erose margin, or finely ciliate.
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