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Definition of the noun aculea

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noun - plural: -

small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects
- lexical domain: Animals - nouns denoting animals
- more generic words: appendage / outgrowth / process = a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

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Dictionary of Natural History Terms with their derivations, including the various orders, genera, and species (1863)

by David Hudson MACNICOLL

Aculea'tus-a-um ( lchth. 8; Ent.) Lal. sharp-pointed, stinging. Aculea'ta (Ent.) run/num, sharp-pointed , from calle-w, a fling; a division of Hymenoptera. }(Zool.) P. N.. dim. from Actzon.

The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis].

by Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)

Red damask-rose grows eight or ten feet high, having greenish branches, armed with short aculea ; and moderately double, fine soft red, very fragrant flowers. White damask-rose grows eight or ten feet high, with greenish very prickly ...

Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary in English, 1375–1550 (2016)

Body Parts, Sicknesses, Instruments, and Medicinal Preparations by Juhani Norri

aculea (pl.). [ML (ossa) acualia (see ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge. [With] Supp (1816)

by Encyclopaedia Perthensis

Red-and-yellow Austrian rose, grows 5 or 6 feet high, having slender reddish branches, armed with short brownish aculea ; and with flowers of a reddish copper-colour on one fide, the other side yellow. This is a curious variety, and the flowers ...

London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics (1829)

Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge

Red damask-rose grows eight or ten feet high, having greenish branches, armed with short aculea; and moderately double, fine soft red, very fragrant flowers. White damask-rose grows eight or ten feet high, with greenish very prickly branches ...

Encyclopaedia Perthensis, Or, Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, Etc. : Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference (1816)

Red damask-rose, grows 8 or ten feet high, having greenish branches, armed with short aculea ; and moderately double, fine soft red, very fragrant flowers-- White damask-rose, grows 8 or 10 feet high, with greenish very prickly branches, and ...

Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; Enlarged and Improved. Vol. 1. [- 20.] (1823)

Red damask rose, grows eight or ten feet high, having greenish branches, armed with short aculea; and moderately-double, fine soft-red, very fragrantflowers.-- White damask rose, grows eight or ten feet high, with greenish very prickly ...

Encyclopaedia Britannica (1817)

Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature ...

Red damask rose, grows eight or ten feet high, having greenish branches, armed with short aculea; and moderately-double, fine soft-red, very fragrant flowers.- White damask rose, grows eight or ten feet high, with greenish very prickly ...

The Gardeners' Dictionary (1886)

Enumerating the Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables Desirable for the Garden and Explaining the Terms and Operations Employed in Their Cultivations by George W. Johnson

aculea'ta. Nat. ord., Xan- thoxyls [ Xanthoxylacete]. Linn., 21- Moncecia t)-Pcntandria. Allied to Ptelea.) Stove white- flowered evergreen •. Cuttings of young, stubby side-shoots in sand , under a glasa, in April, ...

The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and sciences (1807)

by Encyclopaedia Perthensis

Red damask rose, grows 8 or 10 feet high, having greenish branches, armed with short aculea ; and moderately-double, fine soft red, very fragrant flowtrs. — White damafle-rose. grows 8 or 10 feet high, with greenish very prickly branches, and ...

A Dictionary of Medical Terminology , Dental Surgery and the Collateral Sciences (1878)

Polypodium Aculea'tum. Spear- pointed fern. Polypodium Calagua'la. The root of this plant is said to possess deobstraent, sudorific, and antivenereal properties, Polypodium Fi'lix Mas. Aspidium filix mas. Male polypody, or fern. The root has ...

Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology --Paperback (2010)

by Maggenti Mary Ann, Maggenti Armand, Gardner Scott

aculea n.; pl. -eae [L. dim. acus, ...

A Dictionary of Entomology (2011)

ACULEA Noun. (Latin, aculeus = sting, prickle. PL, Aculeae.) 1. Adult insects: Microtrichia or immobile projections on wing of some Lepidoptera (particularly Zeugloptera and Dachnonypha). A minute, needle-like spine (spicule) on Lepidoptera ...

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