Usually means: Ice crystals formed from soil.
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  1. needle ice: Merriam-Webster
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  3. needle ice: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (needle ice)

noun:  Needle-shaped columns of ice formed from groundwater by capillary action when the soil's surface temperature is above freezing and the air's surface temperature is below freezing.

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