different between acicula vs aciculate

English

Etymology

Latin acicula (“pin for a head-dress”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?

Noun

acicula (plural aciculae)

1. One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

Synonyms

• acicle

Translations

Further reading

• acicula at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acicula (“hairpin”), diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?t??i.ku.la/
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Hyphenation: a?cì?cu?la

Noun

acicula f (plural acicule)

1. shepherd's needle (Scandix pecten-veneris)

   Synonym: spillettoni m pl

2. (zoology) acicula

Related terms

References

• acicula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of acus (“needle”) +? -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ki.ku.la/, [ä?k?k???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?t??i.ku.la/, [??t??i?kul?]

Noun

acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension

1. a hairpin or hatpin

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• acia
• acus
• acicularis

Descendants

• ? English: acicula
• ? Italian: acicula (learned)
• ? Portuguese: acícula

References

• acicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• acicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• aciculated

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?t

Adjective

aciculate (comparative more aciculate, superlative most aciculate)

1. Furnished with aciculae.
2. acicular
3. Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
   • 1871, Berthold Seeman, Journal of botany, British and foreign, Volume 9

     The chief points of difference between specimens of the two are that those of R. mutabilis are more setaceous, but less aciculate on the barren stems, the terminal leaflets are more frequently narrowed at the base, though occasionally they have the ovate form usual in the Plymouth plant.

Latin

Adjective

acicul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of acicul?tus