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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Needle-shaped; acicular; aciculiform.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Furnished with aciculæ.
  • adjective Acicular.
  • adjective Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Furnished with aciculae.
  • adjective acicular
  • adjective Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts

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