Spiculate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spiculate \Spic"u*late\, a. [L. spiculatus, p. p. of spiculare
     to sharpen, to point, fr. spiculum a dart.]
     1. Covered with, or having, spicules.
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     2. (Bot.) Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy


        appendages; divided into small spikelets.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spiculate \Spic"u*late\, v. t.
     To sharpen to a point. [R.] "With spiculated paling."
     --Mason.
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