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mucro

American  
[myoo-kroh] / ˈmyu kroʊ /

noun

Botany, Zoology.

plural

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


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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Etymology

Origin of mucro

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

Example Sentences

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The second glume is hyaline, about one and half times as long as the first, oblong elliptic, minutely 2-lobed at the apex, with a minute mucro between, 1-nerved with a scabrid keel.

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

The fourth glume is ovate or oblong, rugulose, chartaceous, apex with a distinct mucro concealed in the second and third glumes; palea same as the glume in texture, etc.

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

The fourth glume has no mucro or awn and has three stamens.

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

Page 301: with a minute mucro, sub-chartaceous, puncticulate, strongly Changed puncticulate to punctulate.

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

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 Shaw, George Russell