mucro

American  

[myoo-kroh] / ˈmju kroʊ /

noun

Botany, Zoology.

• mucrones
  plural

1. a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.

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mucro British  

/ ˈmjuːkrəʊ /

noun

1. biology a short pointed projection from certain parts or organs, as from the tip of a leaf

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mucrones
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mucro

1640–50; < New Latin, Latin mucrō sharp point

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mucro mucrones

Mesosternal cavity: in Elateridae, the opening into which the prosternal spine or mucro is fitted.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Cones usually very small, from 4 to 6 cm. long, but with a larger varietal form, ovate to long-conic, symmetrical; apophyses nut-brown, flat or tumid, the mucro usually deciduous.

From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw

The other glumes are as in sessile spikelets, but the fourth glume has no awn and may have a mucro.

From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari

Prosternal spine: the curved mucro in Elateridae which extends backward into a meso-sternal cavity: the cone or tubercle between fore-legs in some Orthoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Cones not exceeding 7 cm. in length, symmetrical, pendent on slender peduncles, ovate-conic, early deciduous; apophyses sublustrous, nut-brown, tumid at the margins, flat on the surface, the umbo large, the mucro rarely persistent.

From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw

He affirms that "Apothegms are not only for delight and ornament but for business also and civil use," for "they are, according to Cicero, mucrones verborum, pointed speeches."

From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme