aciculateadj.

Brit.

/əˈsɪkjᵿlət/,

/əˈsɪkjᵿleɪt/, U.S.

/əˈsɪkjələt/,

/əˈsɪkjəˌleɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: acicula n., -ate suffix².

Etymology: < acicula n. + -ate suffix², originally after French aciculé (1828 in the passage translated in quot. 1831). Compare scientific Latin aciculatus (1779 or earlier with reference to crystals, 1784 as a specific name). Compare earlier aciculated adj.

Botany and Zoology.

Needle-shaped, acicular. Also: (a) covered with or bearing aciculae; (b) marked as if scratched with a needle (rare). Cf. aciculated adj.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated

ensiform?1541

acuminate1634

aculeated1657

lanceolated1752

sagittated1752

subacute1752

subulated1752

linear1753

subulate1757

spinous1758

lanceolate1760

sagittate1760

sublinear1761

obverse1776

lanced1787

long-acuminate1804

subuliform1804

lanceolar1810

acuminous1813

virgate1821

spiny1828

apiculate1830

ensate1830

aciculate1831

spiniform1833

fibriform1846

obcuneate1870

fusiform1887

1831 W. Macgillivray tr. A. Richard Elem. Bot. i. iv. 126 Leaves... Aciculate or Setaceous,..elongated, stiff and acute, having some resemblance to a needle or bristle.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 121 Calyx-tube densely aciculate.

1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 243 Animalcules free-swimming, persistent in shape, elongate fusiform or aciculate.

1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. xi. 168 Ovipositor very long, retractile, aciculate, as long as abdomen and thorax when fully extended.

1970 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 57 693/1 The crown is terminated by a bud subtended by an aciculate leaf.

2001 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 268 2361/2 Most aciculate taxa (including the nephytids) possess jaws.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aciculate
释义	aciculateadj. Brit. /əˈsɪkjᵿlət/, /əˈsɪkjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /əˈsɪkjələt/, /əˈsɪkjəˌleɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: acicula n., -ate suffix². Etymology: < acicula n. + -ate suffix², originally after French aciculé (1828 in the passage translated in quot. 1831). Compare scientific Latin aciculatus (1779 or earlier with reference to crystals, 1784 as a specific name). Compare earlier aciculated adj. Botany and Zoology. Needle-shaped, acicular. Also: (a) covered with or bearing aciculae; (b) marked as if scratched with a needle (rare). Cf. aciculated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated ensiform?1541 acuminate1634 aculeated1657 lanceolated1752 sagittated1752 subacute1752 subulated1752 linear1753 subulate1757 spinous1758 lanceolate1760 sagittate1760 sublinear1761 obverse1776 lanced1787 long-acuminate1804 subuliform1804 lanceolar1810 acuminous1813 virgate1821 spiny1828 apiculate1830 ensate1830 aciculate1831 spiniform1833 fibriform1846 obcuneate1870 fusiform1887 1831 W. Macgillivray tr. A. Richard Elem. Bot. i. iv. 126 Leaves... Aciculate or Setaceous,..elongated, stiff and acute, having some resemblance to a needle or bristle. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 121 Calyx-tube densely aciculate. 1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 243 Animalcules free-swimming, persistent in shape, elongate fusiform or aciculate. 1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. xi. 168 Ovipositor very long, retractile, aciculate, as long as abdomen and thorax when fully extended. 1970 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 57 693/1 The crown is terminated by a bud subtended by an aciculate leaf. 2001 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 268 2361/2 Most aciculate taxa (including the nephytids) possess jaws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1831
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