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Aculeus has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a stiff sharp-pointed plant process

2

a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect

3

A sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
plant process stinger
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
spine
Rhyming Words
deus reus zeus ileus coeus coleus peneus pileus urceus tereus cereus alveus uraeus mateus aegeus aggeus aureus soleus pineus cuneus
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