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acicular
adjective as in pointed
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Acicular, as-ik′ū-lar, adj. needle-shaped; slender and sharp-pointed.
Spores of Bacidia fuscorubella to illustrate the several-celled, hyaline, acicular type.
Not far from the shore, I noticed, in a little ravine, a group of eight acicular-leaved trees.
Hyoscyamine crystallizes in the acicular form, with greater difficulty even than atropine, it also forms less compact crystals.
The obelisk is from another of Nature's patterns; it is only a gigantic acicular crystal.
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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to acicular, such as: acerate, acerose, acerous, aciculated, acuminate, and acute.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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