Words Like SPICULE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPICULE.

4 Alternative Words Similar to spicule

1 Spiculum Noun      Synonym Words Like Spiculum
2 Appendage Noun      Synonym Words Like Appendage
3 Outgrowth Noun      Synonym Words Like Outgrowth
4 Process Noun      Synonym Words Like Process

10 definitions of spicule

1 A fine-pointed body resembling a needle: as, ice -spicules.
2 In botany:
3 A spikelet.
4 One of the small projections or points on the basidia of hymenomycetous fungi which bear the spores. There are usually four to each basidium. See sterigma.
5 In zoology, a hard, sharp body like a little spike, straight or curved, rod-like, or branched, or diversiform; a spiculum; a sclere: variously applied, without special reference to size or Shape.
6 In botany, the empty frustule of a diatom.
7 A sharp, needle-like piece
8 Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges
9 A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun
10 A small spike of flowers
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