Spiculate example sentences

spiculate

definition

  - adjective form of spicule

spic·ule

noun

spicule (noun) · spicules (plural noun)

  - a minute sharp-pointed object or structure that is typically present in large numbers, such as a fine particle of ice.

  - each of the small needle-like or sharp-pointed structures of calcite or silica that make up the skeleton of a sponge.

  - a short-lived, relatively small radial jet of gas in the chromosphere or lower corona of the sun.

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