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spiculate

spiculate adjective: covered with, or having, spicules.

Adjective

spiculate (not comparable)

  1. Covered with, or having, spicules.
    Synonyms:
    spiculated

Verb

spiculate (third-person singular simple present spiculates, present participle spiculating, simple past and past participle spiculated)

  1. (transitive) To sharpen to a point.
    • with spiculated paling1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden

spiculate meaning in Tamil and Bengali

spiculate in Tamil

முட்கம்பி வடிவான

spiculate in Bengali

ক্ষুদ্র কাঁটা যুক্ত, বা আছে এমন, তীক্ষ্ণ করা

Synonyms of spiculate

Forms of spiculate

third-person singular presentspiculates
present participlespiculating
past participlespiculated
pastspiculated

Origin of spiculate

From Latin spiculatus.

Words formed from spiculate

Questions about spiculate

What does spiculate mean?
Spiculate means covered with, or having, spicules.
What is spiculate in Tamil?
Spiculate in Tamil is முட்கம்பி வடிவான. See Spiculate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spiculate?
Spiculate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near spiculate in the dictionary

  1. spiculae
  2. spicular
  3. spicularite
  4. spicularitic
  5. spiculas
  6. spiculate
  7. spiculated
  8. spiculates
  9. spiculating
  10. spiculation
  11. spiculations

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