SPICULATE

Etymology

Adjective

spiculate (not comparable)

Covered with, or having, spicules.

Verb

spiculate (third-person singular simple present spiculates, present participle spiculating, simple past and past participle spiculated)

(transitive) To sharpen to a point.

Anagrams

• capitules, euplastic

Source: Wiktionary


Spic"u*late, a. Etym: [L. spiculatus, p. p. of spiculare to sharpen, to point, fr. spiculum a dart.]

1. Covered with, or having, spicules.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Covered with minute spiculæ, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets.

Spic"u*late, v. t.

Definition: To sharpen to a point. [R.] "With spiculated paling." Mason.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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