acicular
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Elongated, cylindrical, rounded at both ends; thick cuticle with acicular spicules; radula polystichous or wanting.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
It is the methyl ester of a neutral body colchicein, which may be obtained in white acicular crystals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Soon Birdie and myself were a mass of acicular crystals; it was a true easterly fog.
From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
One fissure was completely lined with exquisite, acicular crystals of sulphur, which perished with a touch.
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
The fragments are angular or rounded, small or large, and consist of bluish or reddish compact feldspathic matter, in which a few acicular crystals of feldspar can sometimes be seen.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
