Acicular
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Acicular is an adjective meaning Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
Meaning
Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
More Meanings
- Having sharp points like needles.
- (botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: needlelike, pinlike
the acicular foliage of coniferous trees
[…] though fond of foliage, their trees always had a tendency to congeal into little acicular thorn-hedges, and never tossed free.
1992, Oliver Sacks, Migraine, Berkeley: University of California Press, revised and expanded edition, Part 5, Chapter 17, p. 279, Sometimes these networks have an acicular or crystalline appearance, and may grow visibly, sometimes with sudden jerks, “like frost on a windowpane,” or “primitive plants.”
Synonyms for acicular
Depending on context, synonyms include needlelike, pinlike, simple, pointed, acerose, acerate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include needle-shaped, pointed, acerose, acerate, simple, unsubdivided.
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