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Definition of Erose
1. Adjective. Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
Definition of Erose
1. a. Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.
Definition of Erose
1. Adjective. Irregularly notched, eaten away, as though bitten ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Erose
1. uneven [adj] : EROSELY [adv] - See also: uneven
Medical Definition of Erose
1. Of a margin: finely and irregularly eroded or toothed, irregularly incised. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erose
Literary usage of Erose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Class-book of Botany by Alphonso Wood (1851)
"erose (gnawed), having the margin irregularly toothed, or jagged, as if bitten
by animals. 6. Undulate (wavy), the margin rising and falling like waves. ..."
2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... sparingly laciniate- : or erose at summit, and the middle produced into a
subulate naked awn which nearly 1 ..."
3. The Fabric Rolls of York Minster by York Minster, James Raine (1862)
"... a vestment of whyte damaske w' a erose of blake velvet w' all things ...
a vestment of blew damaske with a erose of damaske ; a vestment of gren ..."
4. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"... divisions : involucre 3 linee high : rays about 12, oblong, 3 lines long :
pappus of 6 or 8 quadrate or oblong and erose- ..."
5. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... with an erose-dentate margin, the cells without annular or spiral fibers,
those in the apical region with trigones or sometimes exhibiting] irregular ..."
6. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn; Jepson (1901)
"... narrow-cj'lindrical, lines, with oblong blade erose at summit; filaments
sometimes slightly with acute teeth; petals slightly irregular, pinkish, ..."
7. A Manual of determinative bacteriology by Frederick Dixon Chester (1901)
"Deep colonies: irregular — oval, coarsely granular, dark yellowish in centre,
with a clear erose border. Surface colonies: 24 hours, minute points. ..."
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