acicular
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Spores of Bacidia fuscorubella to illustrate the several-celled, hyaline, acicular type.
From Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V by Hilker, Leafy Jane Corrington
The crystals are usually small and are prismatic or acicular in habit; they have a perfect cleavage parallel to the face lettered a in the adjoining figure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
Sagenite, sāj′en-īt, n. acicular crystals of rutile occurring in reticulated forms embedded in quartz.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Mī′crolith, a name suggested by Vogelsang in 1867 for the microscopic acicular components of rocks.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
