aciculiformadj.

Brit.

/aˈsɪkjᵿlɪfɔːm/, U.S.

/ˌæˈsɪkjələˌfɔrm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: acicula n., -iform comb. form.

Etymology: < acicula n. + -iform comb. form. Compare French aciculiforme (1842). Compare earlier aciform adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăsi·kiŭlifǭɹm) /əˈsɪkjʊlɪfɔːm/.

Chiefly Botany and Zoology. rare.

Needle-shaped, acicular.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective] > thorn- or spine-shaped

acicular1709

spinescent1793

aculeiform1809

aciculated1819

aciculiform1846

aciculine1847

spinulose1848

spinoid1882

1846 C. C. Babington Synopsis Brit. Rubi 28 Numerous strong and very unequal prickles on the barren shoots, of which the smaller so merge in aciculi and stiff aciculiform setæ..that [etc.].

1937 Amer. Midland Naturalist 18 901 It resembles Devonocidaris Thomas..in the long, aciculiform, longitudinally striated spines.

1965 Mycologia 57 981 Skeletal hyphae mostly aciculiform but also little branched arboriform.

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

单词	aciculiform
释义	aciculiformadj. Brit. /aˈsɪkjᵿlɪfɔːm/, U.S. /ˌæˈsɪkjələˌfɔrm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: acicula n., -iform comb. form. Etymology: < acicula n. + -iform comb. form. Compare French aciculiforme (1842). Compare earlier aciform adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăsi·kiŭlifǭɹm) /əˈsɪkjʊlɪfɔːm/. Chiefly Botany and Zoology. rare. Needle-shaped, acicular. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective] > thorn- or spine-shaped acicular1709 spinescent1793 aculeiform1809 aciculated1819 aciculiform1846 aciculine1847 spinulose1848 spinoid1882 1846 C. C. Babington Synopsis Brit. Rubi 28 Numerous strong and very unequal prickles on the barren shoots, of which the smaller so merge in aciculi and stiff aciculiform setæ..that [etc.]. 1937 Amer. Midland Naturalist 18 901 It resembles Devonocidaris Thomas..in the long, aciculiform, longitudinally striated spines. 1965 Mycologia 57 981 Skeletal hyphae mostly aciculiform but also little branched arboriform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1846
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