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aculeous

aculeous adjective: resembling or pertaining to a needle.

Adjective

aculeous (comparative more aculeous, superlative most aculeous)

  1. (Late, Modern, obsolete) Resembling or pertaining to a needle.
    • And such an order is observed in the aculeous prickly plantation, upon the heads of several common thistles.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 180

aculeous meaning in Urdu

aculeous in Urdu

ڈنک والا, نیش دار, زہریلا, کٹیلا, خار دار, نوکدار

Forms of aculeous

comparativemore aculeous
superlativemost aculeous

Origin of aculeous

Learned borrowing from Latin aculeus (“needle”) + -ous.

Questions about aculeous

What does aculeous mean?
Aculeous means resembling or pertaining to a needle.
What is aculeous in Urdu?
Aculeous in Urdu is ڈنک والا, نیش دار, زہریلا. See Aculeous meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is aculeous?
Aculeous is an adjective.

Words near aculeous in the dictionary

  1. aculei
  2. aculeiform
  3. Aculeo
  4. aculeolate
  5. aculeoside
  6. aculeous
  7. aculeus
  8. acultomancy
  9. acultural
  10. aculturality
  11. aculturally

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