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picul
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Picul
(gcide) | Picul \Pic"ul\, n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on
the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.]
A commercial weight varying in different countries and for
different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in China
and Sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in Japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but
sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan.
[Written also pecul, and pecal.]
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picul
(wn) | picul
n 1: a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately
equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry) |
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apicultural
(encz) | apicultural,včelařský adj: web |
apiculture
(encz) | apiculture,včelařství n: web |
picul
(encz) | picul, n: |
piculet
(encz) | piculet, n: |
spicule
(encz) | spicule, |
spiculum
(encz) | spiculum, n: |
Apicular
(gcide) | Apicular \A*pic"u*lar\, a. [NL. apiculus, dim. of L. apex,
apicis.]
Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
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Apiculate
(gcide) | Apiculate \A*pic"u*late\, Apiculated \A*pic"u*la`ted\, a. [See
Apicular.] (Bot.)
Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
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Apiculated
(gcide) | Apiculate \A*pic"u*late\, Apiculated \A*pic"u*la`ted\, a. [See
Apicular.] (Bot.)
Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
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Apiculture
(gcide) | Apiculture \Ap"i*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E.
culture.]
Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
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apiculturist
(gcide) | apiculturist \apiculturist\ n.
1. a farmer who keeps bees for their honey.
Syn: beekeeper, apiarist.
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Piculet
(gcide) | Piculet \Pic"u*let\, n. [Dim. of Picus.] (Zool.)
Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus
and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and
sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.
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Spicula
(gcide) | Spicula \Spic"u*la\, n.; pl. Spiculae. [NL., dim. of L. spica
a spike, ear.] (Bot.)
(a) A little spike; a spikelet.
(b) A pointed fleshy appendage.
[1913 Webster]Spiculum \Spic"u*lum\, n.; pl. Spicula. [L., a little point.]
(Zool.)
Same as Spicule.
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Spiculae
(gcide) | Spicula \Spic"u*la\, n.; pl. Spiculae. [NL., dim. of L. spica
a spike, ear.] (Bot.)
(a) A little spike; a spikelet.
(b) A pointed fleshy appendage.
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Spicular
(gcide) | Spicular \Spic"u*lar\, a. [L. spiculum a dart: cf. F.
spiculaire.]
Resembling a dart; having sharp points.
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Spiculate
(gcide) | Spiculate \Spic"u*late\, v. t.
To sharpen to a point. [R.] "With spiculated paling."
--Mason.
[1913 Webster]Spiculate \Spic"u*late\, a. [L. spiculatus, p. p. of spiculare
to sharpen, to point, fr. spiculum a dart.]
1. Covered with, or having, spicules.
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2. (Bot.) Covered with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy
appendages; divided into small spikelets.
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Spicule
(gcide) | Spicule \Spic"ule\, n. [L. spiculum a little point, a dart.]
1. A minute, slender granule, or point.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Spicula.
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3. (Zool.) Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in
the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in
sponges and in most Alcyonaria.
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Note: Spicules vary exceedingly in size and shape, and some
of those found in siliceous sponges are very complex in
structure and elegant in form. They are of great use in
classification.
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Description of the Illustration:
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a Acerate; b Tricurvate, or Bowshaped; c d
Hamate; e Broomshaped; f Scepterellate; g
Spinispirulate; h Inequi-anchorate; i Sexradiate;
j A Trichite Sheaf; k Six-rayed Capitate; l
Rosette of Esperia; m Equi-anchorate.
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Spiculiform
(gcide) | Spiculiform \Spi*cu"li*form\, a. (Zool.)
Having the shape of a spicule.
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Spiculigenous
(gcide) | Spiculigenous \Spic`u*lig"e*nous\, a. [L. spiculum + -genous.]
(Zool.)
Producing or containing spicules.
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Spiculispongiae
(gcide) | Spiculispongiae \Spic`u*li*spon"gi*ae\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
A division of sponges including those which have independent
siliceous spicules.
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Spiculum
(gcide) | Spiculum \Spic"u*lum\, n.; pl. Spicula. [L., a little point.]
(Zool.)
Same as Spicule.
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Stirpiculture
(gcide) | Stirpiculture \Stir"pi*cul`ture\, n. [L. stirps, stirpis, stem,
stock, race + cultura culture.]
The breeding of special stocks or races.
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apiculate
(wn) | apiculate
adj 1: (of a leaf shape) having a short sharply pointed tip |
apicultural
(wn) | apicultural
adj 1: relating to the care and breeding of bees |
apiculture
(wn) | apiculture
n 1: the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the
production of honey [syn: beekeeping, apiculture] |
apiculturist
(wn) | apiculturist
n 1: a farmer who keeps bees for their honey [syn: beekeeper,
apiarist, apiculturist] |
bruckenthalia spiculifolia
(wn) | Bruckenthalia spiculifolia
n 1: small evergreen mat-forming shrub of southern Europe and
Asia Minor having stiff stems and terminal clusters of
small bell-shaped flowers [syn: spike heath,
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia] |
combretum appiculatum
(wn) | Combretum appiculatum
n 1: small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of
yellow flowers [syn: bush willow, {Combretum
appiculatum}] |
picul
(wn) | picul
n 1: a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately
equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry) |
piculet
(wn) | piculet
n 1: small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East
Indies having soft rounded tail feathers |
spicule
(wn) | spicule
n 1: small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in
various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges
and corals [syn: spicule, spiculum] |
spiculum
(wn) | spiculum
n 1: small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in
various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges
and corals [syn: spicule, spiculum] |
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