A-cū'le-āte, a.
(45), a. [Lat. aculeatus, from aculeus, a diminutive of acus, needle.]
Sense 1. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; pointed;—used chiefly to denote prickles fixed in the bark, in distinction from thorns, which grow from the wood.
Aculeate Stem.
Sense 2. (Zoöl.) Having a sting or prickles.
Sense 3. Severe or stinging. [Obs.] “Especially if they [words] be aculeate.” Bacon.
