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ACICULA
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Irregular inflected form: aciculae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("acicula" is a kind of...):
part; piece (a portion of a natural object)
Derivation:
acicular (narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves)
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