ACICULATE

aciculate

(adjective) related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

aciculate (comparative more aciculate, superlative most aciculate)

Furnished with aciculae.

acicular

Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.

Source: Wiktionary


A*cic"u*late, A*cic"u*la"ted a. (Nat. Hist.) (a) Furnished with aciculæ. (b) Acicular. (c) Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. Lindley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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