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Acicular

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Simple 84% connected

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Acicula 74% connected

One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Acicula 74% connected

One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Acerate 92% connected

A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acerose 92% connected

Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aestivation noun · 78% connection

(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens

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Annual noun · 78% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apogamy noun · 78% connection

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 78% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 78% connection

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Blister noun · 78% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 78% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

(botany) the process in some plants of parts growing together that are usually separate (such as petals)

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Coma noun · 78% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Cork noun · 78% connection

(botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

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(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

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(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Alarmist noun · 78% connection

One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.

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Anisotropic adjective · 78% connection

Not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, bu…

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Asterism noun · 78% connection

An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star-shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as som…

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Awned adjective · 78% connection

Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.

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Battology noun · 78% connection

A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: needle-shaped, slender, like, needle, bristle.
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Bestick verb · 78% connection

To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.

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Bicuspidate adjective · 78% connection

Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; -- said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: needle-shaped, slender, like, needle, bristle.
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Bristle verb · 78% connection

To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: needle-shaped, slender, like, needle, bristle.
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Bristle-shaped adjective · 78% connection

Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.

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Bugbear noun · 78% connection

Something frightful, as a specter; anything imaginary that causes needless fright; something used to excite needless fear; also, somet…

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Butcher noun · 78% connection

A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.

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