Acicular

Pronunciation key ( ə-sik′yoo-lẽr )

acicular

Acicular

adj.

[L. dim acus a pin, needle].

1. like an acicula.
2. bristly, spiny, needlelike.

References

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005