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aculeate |
aculeated |
aculeiform |
aculeolate |
aculeous |
aculeus
| acumen
| acuminate
| acuminate leaf
| acumination
| acuminose
aculeus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aculeus has 2 senses
- aculeus(n = noun.plant) - a stiff sharp-pointed plant process; is a kind of enation, plant process
- aculeus(n = noun.animal) - a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect; is a kind of stinger
has particulars: pricker, prickle, spikelet, spine, sticker, thorn
CIDE DICTIONARY
aculeus, n. [L., dim. of acus needle.].
- A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. Lindley. [1913 Webster]
- A sting. [1913 Webster]
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