acerate | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerose, acicular, needle-shaped |
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acerb | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerbic, astringent |
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(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
acerbate | (verb) make sour or bitter | - |
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(verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: embitter, envenom |
acerbic | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerb, astringent |
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(adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
acerbity | (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness |
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(noun) a sharp sour taste | Synonyms: tartness |
(noun) a sharp bitterness | - |
acerola | (noun) acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C | Synonyms: barbados cherry, surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
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(noun) tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries | Synonyms: barbados cherry, Malpighia glabra, Surinam cherry, West Indian cherry |
acerose | (adjective) narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves | Synonyms: acerate, acicular, needle-shaped |
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acervate | (adjective) pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass | - |
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acervulus | (noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi | - |
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