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ACICULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aciculate mean?
• ACICULATE (adjective)
The adjective ACICULATE has 1 sense:
1. related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts
Familiarity information: ACICULATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
acicula (a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal)
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