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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.
ApiculateApiculate A*pic"u*late, Apiculated A*pic"u*la`ted, a. [See
Apicular.] (Bot.)
Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf. ApiculatedApiculate 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.
PiculetPiculet 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. SpiculaSpicula 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. SpiculaSpiculum Spic"u*lum, n.; pl. Spicula. [L., a little point.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Same as Spicule. SpiculaeSpicula 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.
SpiculeSpicule 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.
SpiculumSpiculum 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/, dan or tam, is a
traditional Asian unit of weight,
defined as "as much as a man can
carry on a shoulder-pole". Historically, it was...
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notably for
weighing food and
other groceries.
Related units include the
picul,
equal to 100 catties, and the tael,
which is 1⁄16 of a catty. A
stone is...
- 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...
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grade divided into two degrees, with
ranging salaries (nominally paid in
piculs of rice)
according to
their rank.
While provincial graduates who were appointed...
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cultivation in China, the
imports of
opium still increased from 50,087
picul in 1863 to 82,61
picul by 1888.
Transactions in the
opium trade generated substantial...
- 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...
- in
historical sources, the tan is more
commonly known in
English as the
picul, pikul, or pikel. "catty".
Oxford English Dictionary. the
State Council...
- 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...
- "nine-tenths jute" when
praising jute production. In 1906, over 2,000,000
piculs of
manila fibers were produced,
making approximately 66% of the Philippines'...
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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...
