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Apicular
Apicular A*pic"u*lar, a. [NL. apiculus, dim. of L. apex, apicis.] Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
Apiculate
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.
Apiculated
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.
Apiculture
Apiculture Ap"i*cul`ture (?; 135), n. [L. apis bee + E. culture.] Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
Piculet
Piculet Pic"u*let, n. [Dim. of Picus.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Spicula
Spicula Spic"u*la, n.; pl. Spicul[ae]. [NL., dim. of L. spica a spike, ear.] (Bot.) (a) A little spike; a spikelet. (b) A pointed fleshy appendage.
Spicula
Spiculum Spic"u*lum, n.; pl. Spicula. [L., a little point.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Spicule.
Spiculae
Spicula Spic"u*la, n.; pl. Spicul[ae]. [NL., dim. of L. spica a spike, ear.] (Bot.) (a) A little spike; a spikelet. (b) A pointed fleshy appendage.
Spicular
Spicular Spic"u*lar, a. [L. spiculum a dart: cf. F. spiculaire.] Resembling a dart; having sharp points.
Spiculate
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. 2. (Bot.) Covered with minute spicul[ae], or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets.
Spiculate
Spiculate Spic"u*late, v. t. To sharpen to a point. [R.] ``With spiculated paling.' --Mason.
Spicule
Spicule Spic"ule, n. [L. spiculum a little point, a dart.] 1. A minute, slender granule, or point. 2. (Bot.) Same as Spicula. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any small calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria. 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. Description of the Illustration: 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.
Spiculiform
Spiculiform Spi*cu"li*form, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the shape of a spicule.
Spiculigenous
Spiculigenous Spic`u*lig"e*nous, a. [L. spiculum + -genous.] (Zo["o]l.) Producing or containing spicules.
Spiculispongiae
Spiculispongiae Spic`u*li*spon"gi*[ae], n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of sponges including those which have independent siliceous spicules.
Spiculum
Spiculum Spic"u*lum, n.; pl. Spicula. [L., a little point.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Spicule.
Stirpiculture
Stirpiculture Stir"pi*cul`ture, n. [L. stirps, stirpis, stem, stock, race + cultura culture.] The breeding of special stocks or races.

Meaning of Picul from wikipedia

- A picul /ˈpɪkəl/ or tam is a traditional Asian unit of weight, defined as "as much as a man can carry on a shoulder-pole". The word picul appeared as...
- for opium. A chest of opium contained approximately 100 "catties" or 1 "picul", with each catty weighing 1.33 lb (600 g), giving a total of ~140 pounds...
- notably for weighing food and other groceries. Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael (also spelled tahil, in Malay/Indonesian)...
- in historical sources, the tan is more commonly known in English as the picul, pikul, or pikel. "尺貫法(しゃっかんほう)とは". コトバンク (in ****anese). Retrieved 30 September...
- leaves and petals, and shipped in chests of 60–65 kg (132–143 lb) (one picul). Chests of opium were sold in auctions in Calcutta with the understanding...
- Pikul may refer to: Picul, a Javanese traditional unit of weight Pikul (EP), an EP by Silversun Pickups Joseph Pikul, American businessman linked to the...
- grade divided into two degrees, with ranging salaries (nominally paid in piculs of rice) according to their rank. While provincial graduates who were appointed...
- gantang, a unit of volume. For m****, the catty equals 0.6 kg. Another unit is picul which equals 60 kg. The gantang is equivalent to an imperial gallon, or...
- 100 300 220 510 150 Black Tea (piculs) 7,194 8,000 8,000 5,000 Green Tea (piculs) 6,151 1,450 550 1,400 Raw Silk (piculs) 28 250 Woven Silk (bales) 11...
- Tamalpais High School, California, United States, often abbreviated as Tam Picul or tam, a traditional Asian unit of weight ISO 639-3 language code of the...