  Different methods of texturing polycrystalline materials are developed over
years to use/probe anisotropic material properties with relative ease, where
complicated and expensive single crystal growth processes could be avoided. In
this paper, particle morphology assisted texturing in multiferroic MnWO$_4$ has
been discussed. Detailed powder x-ray diffraction vis-a-vis scanning electron
microscopic studies on differently annealed and processed samples have been
employed to probe the giant texturing effect in powdered MnWO$_4$. A
quantitative measure of the texturing has been carried out by means of Rietveld
analysis technique. Qualitative presentation of magnetic and dielectric data on
textured pellet demonstrated the development of clear anisotropic physical
properties in polycrystalline pellets. Finally, we established that the highly
anisotropic plate like particles are formed due to easy cleavage of the
significantly large crystalline grains.

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