Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acicular"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acicular \A*cic"u*lar\, a.
Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some
leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.
{A*cic"u*lar*ly}, adv..
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acicular
adj : narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves [syn: {acerate},
{acerose}, {needle-shaped}, {needlelike}]
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