Awl-shaped

having the shape of an awl.
subulate (def 2).
Historical Examples

The genus is characterized by awl-shaped spines which are distant at the base.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise M. E. Hard

The umbellets are alternate, awl-shaped, with distinct flowers.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines T. H. Pardo de Tavera

Placed among the spicules are three or four twisted stout spines, white with yellow tips, and awl-shaped.
The Fantastic Clan John James Thornber

The branches are numerous and slender, furnished with sharp, awl-shaped spines.
Woodland Gleanings Charles Tilt

Subulate, awl-shaped; tapering from a broadish or thickish base to a sharp point.
The Elements of Botany Asa Gray

Receptacle narrow, with an awl-shaped prolongation in centre.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Asa Gray

Fertile flowers consisting of a single ovary tapering into a short style; stigmas 2–4, awl-shaped; ovule erect, anatropous.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Asa Gray

Style awl-shaped, 3-cleft at the apex; stigmas minutely 2-lobed.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Asa Gray

Filaments 6, awl-shaped; anthers oblong-linear, continuing erect.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Asa Gray

Styles 3, awl-shaped, diverging, tipped with simple stigmas.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Asa Gray

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