(botany) Finely scored on the surface.
aciculate
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adjective
- Having an end that tapers to a point: acicular, aciculated, acuminate, acute, cuspate, cuspated, cuspidate, cuspidated, mucronate, pointed, pointy, sharp. See sharp/dull.
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needle-like parts
Pertains to noun: acicula (meaning #1)
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