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acicular

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a·cic·u·lar  (-sky-lr)
adj.
Having the shape of a needle: acicular crystals.
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Adj.1.acicularacicular - narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
acerate, acerose, needle-shaped
unsubdivided, simple - (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions


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