acicular

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Palpi very slightly curved; second joint brown on the outer side; third acicular, a little shorter than the second.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Here, in storm or shine, is shelter from the winter wind or shade from the summer sun, while underfoot the fallen acicular leaves of the pines are impervious to the damp.

From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by Haslehust, E. W.

Hyoscyamine crystallizes in the acicular form, with greater difficulty even than atropine, it also forms less compact crystals.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 by Various

The plumbago occurs both amorphous, and in long acicular crystals.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold

It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, and the crystals are either prismatic or acicular in habit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various