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acicle
acicle
English
Noun
The stems of Rosa acicularis have larger prickles and smaller acicles.
acicle (plural acicles)
- A needlelike prickle or stiff spine of some animals or plants, sometimes (in plants) with a gland at the tip; acicula.
References
- Beentje, Henke and Williamson, Juliet. 2010. The Kew Plant Glossary: an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Hickey, Michael and King, Clive. 2001. The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge University Press