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Webster 1913 Edition


Erose

E-rose′

,
Adj.
[L.
erosus
, p. p. See
Erode
.]
1.
Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.
2.
(Bot.)
Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed.
E-rose′ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Erose

ERO'SE

,
Adj.
[L. erosus.] In botany, an erose leaf has small sinuses in the margin, as if gnawed.

Definition 2024


erose

erose

English

Adjective

erose (comparative more erose, superlative most erose)

  1. Irregularly notched, eaten away, as though bitten

Italian

Verb

erose

  1. third-person singular past historic of erodere

erose f

  1. plural of eroso

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Latin

Participle

ērōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of ērōsus