aculeous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aculeus.

Adjective

aculeous (comparative more aculeous, superlative most aculeous)

1. (obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a needle.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 180)

     And such an order is observed in the aculeous prickly plantation, upon the heads of several common thistles.

Anagrams

• Clouseau