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aciculate

aciculate adjective: furnished with aciculae.

Adjective

aciculate (comparative more aciculate, superlative most aciculate)

  1. Furnished with aciculae.
  2. acicular (needle-shaped)
    • The chief points of difference between specimens of the two are that those of R. mutabilis are more setaceous, but less aciculate on the barren stems, the terminal leaflets are more frequently narrowed at the base, though occasionally they have the ovate form usual in the Plymouth plant.1871, Berthold Seeman, Journal of botany, British and foreign, volume 9
  3. Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.

aciculate meaning in Tamil

aciculate in Tamil

ஊசிவடிவ

Forms of aciculate

comparativemore aciculate
superlativemost aciculate
alternative formaciculated

Words that rhyme with aciculate

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Questions about aciculate

What does aciculate mean?
Aciculate means furnished with aciculae.
What is aciculate in Tamil?
Aciculate in Tamil is ஊசிவடிவ. See Aciculate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aciculate?
Aciculate is an adjective.

Words near aciculate in the dictionary

  1. acicular
  2. acicularities
  3. acicularity
  4. acicularly
  5. aciculas
  6. aciculate
  7. aciculated
  8. aciculatin
  9. aciculiform
  10. aciculite
  11. aciculum

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