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Aculeate
Aculeate A*cu"le*ate, a. [L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of acus needle.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle. 2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles. 3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [R.] --Bacon.
Aculeated
Aculeated A*cu"le*a`ted, a. Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Burnstickle Burn"stic`kle, n. (Zo["o]l.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
Parkinsonia aculeata
Jerusalem Je*ru"sa*lem, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Y?r?sh[=a]laim.] The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.) (a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used as food. (b) One of the tubers themselves. Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of either of two species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum and S. capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries. Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium Botrys), common about houses and along roadsides. Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family (Phlomis tuberosa). Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree (Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges. The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
Pereskia aculeata
Gooseberry Goose"ber*ry, n.; pl. Gooseberries, [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kr["a]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb["a]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated. 2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith. Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool. Gooseberry worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.
Randia aculeata
Indigo In"di*go, a. Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo. Indigo berry (Bot.), the fruit of the West Indian shrub Randia aculeata, used as a blue dye. Indigo bird (Zo["o]l.), a small North American finch (Cyanospiza cyanea). The male is indigo blue in color. Called also indigo bunting. Indigo blue. (a) The essential coloring material of commercial indigo, from which it is obtained as a dark blue earthy powder, with a reddish luster, C16H10N2O2, which may be crystallized by sublimation. Indigo blue is also made from artificial amido cinnamic acid, and from artificial isatine; and these methods are of great commercial importance. Called also indigotin. (b) A dark, dull blue color like the indigo of commerce. Indigo brown (Chem.), a brown resinous substance found in crude indigo. Indigo copper (Min.), covellite. Indigo green, a green obtained from indigo. Indigo plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant of several species (genus Indigofera), from which indigo is prepared. The different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and America. Several species are cultivated, of which the most important are the I. tinctoria, or common indigo plant, the I. Anil, a larger species, and the I. disperma. Indigo purple, a purple obtained from indigo. Indigo red, a dyestuff, isomeric with indigo blue, obtained from crude indigo as a dark brown amorphous powder. Indigo snake (Zo["o]l.), the gopher snake. Indigo white, a white crystalline powder obtained by reduction from indigo blue, and by oxidation easily changed back to it; -- called also indigogen. Indigo yellow, a substance obtained from indigo.
Sesbania aculeata
Sesban Ses"ban, n. [F., fr. Ar. saisab[=a]n, seiseb[=a]n, a kind of tree, fr. Per. s[=i]sab[=a]n seed of cinquefoil.] (Bot.) A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes. Note: The name is applied also to the similar plant, Sesbania [AE]gyptiaca, and other species of the same genus.

Meaning of Aculea from wikipedia

- Agathotoma aculea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae The length of the s**** attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm...
- species: Dirphia abhorca Lemaire, 1969 Dirphia acidalia Hübner, 1819 Dirphia aculea Vuillot, 1892 Dirphia albescens Brechlin & Meister, 2008 Dirphia araucariae...
- Alvania multilineata (Stimpson, 1851) Cingula aculeus Gould, 1841 Onoba aculea (Gould, 1841) Onoba karica Golikov, 1986 Rissoa arctica Lovén, 1846 Rissoa...
- absona Flint, 1991 i c g Oxyethira acegua Angrisano, 1995 i c g Oxyethira aculea Ross, 1941 i c g Oxyethira acuta Kobayashi, 1977 i c g Oxyethira aeola Ross...
- species in Drunella. These 25 species belong to the genus Drunella. Drunella aculea (Allen, 1971) Drunella allegheniensis (Traver, 1934) Drunella basalis (Imanishi...
- incised striae. Species within the genus Agathotoma include: Agathotoma aculea (Dall, 1919) Agathotoma alcippe (Dall, 1918) † Agathotoma angusta (Bellardi...
- 1993 Onoba zebina (Finlay, 1930) † Species brought into synonymy Onoba aculea (Gould, 1841): synonym of Onoba aculeus (Gould, 1841) Onoba b****iana Hedley...
- of Alexander Island, Antarctica containing Alamatus bifarius Douglas and Aculea acicularis sp. nov. Cretaceous Research. 17(2):169–82. Nichols, G.J., and...