Spicula

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of spiculum form-of, plural
  2. 2
    A little spike; a spikelet or spiculum.

    "He concludes this Diſſertation, by endeavouring to explain the Manner of its [olive oil's] operating, which he attributes to its fat inviſcating Nature, whereby it ſheathes the Spicula of the Poiſon."

  3. 3
    A pointed fleshy appendage.

    "Nature 'publishes itself in creatures, reaching from particles and spicula, through transformation on transformation to the highest symmetries."

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spiculumspiculumspine

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"He concludes this Diſſertation, by endeavouring to explain the Manner of its [olive oil's] operating, which he attributes to its fat inviſcating Nature, whereby it ſheathes the Spicula of the Poiſon."

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