ACICULA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: aciculae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("acicula" is a kind of...):

part; piece (a portion of a natural object)

Derivation:

acicular (narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves)

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