Definition of Aciculate

1. Adjective. Related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts.

Partainyms: Acicula

Definition of Aciculate

1. a. Furnished with aciculæ.

Definition of Aciculate

1. Adjective. ''(Natural history):'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aciculate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Aciculate

1. Used to describe a plant part which is finely scored on the surface, as if scratched by a pin. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aciculate

achs
achy
achylia
achylia gastrica
achylia pancreatica
achylic
achylous
achymous
acibenzolar
aciclovir
acicula
aciculae
acicular
acicularly
aciculas
aciculate (current term)
aciculated
aciculiform
aciculite
aciculum
aciculums
acid
acid-ash diet
acid-base balance
acid-base equilibrium
acid-base imbalance
acid-base indicator
acid-base indicators
acid-citrate-dextrose
acid-etched restoration

Literary usage of Aciculate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1883)
"1st and 2nd abdominal segments aciculate. Base of antennae, back of metathorax, apex of 1st segment, 2nd and 3rd entirely, and legs, red-yellow. - 1. ..."

2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1870)
"Face aciculate-punctured ; antenna) in S 14-, in $> 13-jointed, filiform, first joint of funiculus shorter than second ; mesonotum somewhat ..."

3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1897)
"... longitudinally aciculate. except in upper anterior corner, which is polished; ... longitudinally aciculate, finely punctured on upper anterior portion ..."

4. Review of the British Roses, Especially Those of the North of England by John Gilbert Baker (1864)
"Rapin; peduncles and calyx tubes setose and aciculate, leaves with less compound teeth, glabrous or nearly so above, hairy principally on the ..."

5. Naturalist by Yorkshire Naturalists'Union (1865)
"Peduncles and base of calyx tube rather closely aciculate and setose, the latter ovate urceolate or subglobose, the sepals pinnate and leaf pointed, ..."

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