Acicular: Definition and part of speech

Acicular

  1. a. Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acicula: Definition and part of speech

Acicula

  1. n. One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.