Definition of "acicular" []

• Having the shape of a needle: acicular crystals. (adjective)

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• "One I like to point to as an example is "acicular" which goes:"
• "Soon Birdie and myself were a mass of acicular crystals; it was a true easterly fog."
• "One fissure was completely lined with exquisite, acicular crystals of sulphur, which perished with a touch."