nonacrid

From non- +‎ acrid.

nonacrid (comparative more nonacrid, superlative most nonacrid)

1. Not acrid.
   • 1939, Carey Dunlap Miller, Charles Mountjoy Bice, John Carson Ripperton, Observations on the Life History of Fasciola Gigantica, page 64:

     The young leaves are comparatively nonacrid and are used extensively for luau.

   • 1953, M. W. Stone, F. B. Foley, D. H. Bixby, Effect of Soil Applications of Insecticides on the Growth and Yield of Vegetable Crops, page 3:

     Caution should be used in tasting uncooked dasheens, for there is always the possibility that an acrid taro of similar appearance has become mixed with the nonacrid variety.

   • 1983, Jaw-Kai Wang, Sally Higa, Taro, a Review of Colocasia Esculenta and Its Potentials, page 155:

     Although all raphides from acrid plants are needlelike in shape, many nonacrid plants contain needlelike raphides (Sakai 1979).