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aciculated

aciculated is the alternative form of aciculate.

Meaning of aciculate

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.

Questions about aciculated

What is aciculated the alternative form of?
Aciculated is the alternative form of aciculate.

Words near aciculated in the dictionary

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

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