spicular

English

Etymology

From spicule +‎ -ar.

Adjective

spicular (comparative more spicular, superlative most spicular)

1. Of, pertaining to, or formed from spicules.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 158:

     Lung cancer, for instance, might start as a spicular nodule in the lung.