"acicular" meaning in English

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "acicularity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "acicularly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nonacicular"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "subacicular"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "aciculāris"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin aciculāris",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "3": "*h₂eḱ-"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin aciculāris.",
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      },
      "expansion": "acicular (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 4 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1992, Oliver Sacks, Migraine, Berkeley: University of California Press, revised and expanded edition, Part 5, Chapter 17, p. 279,\nSometimes these networks have an acicular or crystalline appearance, and may grow visibly, sometimes with sudden jerks, “like frost on a windowpane,” or “primitive plants.”"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle."
      ],
      "id": "en-acicular-en-adj-5F7VDI8D",
      "links": [
        [
          "Needle",
          "needle"
        ],
        [
          "bristle",
          "bristle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "igloviden",
          "sense": "needle-shaped",
          "word": "игловиден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "needle-shaped",
          "word": "neulamainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "needle-shaped",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aciculaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "velonoeidís",
          "sense": "needle-shaped",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "βελονοειδής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "needle-shaped",
          "word": "acicular"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having sharp points like needles."
      ],
      "id": "en-acicular-en-adj-oFmtpRPZ",
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 88 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having sharp points",
          "word": "piikikäs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 88 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having sharp points",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aciculaire"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the acicular foliage of coniferous trees",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like."
      ],
      "id": "en-acicular-en-adj-gA02txkc",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "slender",
          "slender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 89",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "botany: needle-like",
          "word": "neulasmainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 89",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "botany: needle-like",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aciculaire"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsɪk.jə.lɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acicular"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)/4 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acicularity"
    },
    {
      "word": "acicularly"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonacicular"
    },
    {
      "word": "subacicular"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*h₂eḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin aciculāris.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "acicular (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1992, Oliver Sacks, Migraine, Berkeley: University of California Press, revised and expanded edition, Part 5, Chapter 17, p. 279,\nSometimes these networks have an acicular or crystalline appearance, and may grow visibly, sometimes with sudden jerks, “like frost on a windowpane,” or “primitive plants.”"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Needle",
          "needle"
        ],
        [
          "bristle",
          "bristle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having sharp points like needles."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the acicular foliage of coniferous trees",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like."
      ],
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        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "slender",
          "slender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "igloviden",
      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "word": "игловиден"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "word": "neulamainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aciculaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "velonoeidís",
      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βελονοειδής"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "needle-shaped",
      "word": "acicular"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having sharp points",
      "word": "piikikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having sharp points",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aciculaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "botany: needle-like",
      "word": "neulasmainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "botany: needle-like",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aciculaire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acicular"
}