Etymology

aciculiform

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Today it means: Needle-shaped; acicular. Full definition →

Latin acicula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromacicula“needle”
  2. English todayaciculiform

From Latin acicula (“needle”) + -iform.

Words from the same roots

Latinacicula all →

acicleaciculaaciculite

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