spiculateadj.
/ˈspɪkjʊlət/ Botany.
(See quot. 1856.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of a spike > bearing a spike
spiked1597
spicate1668
spiculate1832
tristachyous1891
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 395.
1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 178 Spiculate,..where a surface is covered with fine pointed fleshy appendages. Also..when a spike is composed of several smaller spikes (or rather spikelets) crowded together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
† spiculatev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To sharpen to a point. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > make pointed [verb (transitive)]
thorn1483
acuminate1611
cuspidate1623
spiculate1623
spike1688
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii To make a sharp Point to a thing, spiculate.
2. To pierce or transfix. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transfix
through-driveOE
through-nimc1275
stickc1330
through-piercec1330
to stick througha1382
preenc1390
spitc1430
thirlc1450
broacha1470
prickc1475
to stick up1528
transfix1590
fix1638
bestick1667
impalea1678
spiculate1835
skewer1837
to strike through1893
1835 R. Southey Doctor III. 112 In those representations [in old almanacks] man..stood erect and naked, spiculated by emitted influences from the said signs.
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adj.1832
v.1623