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

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Etymology

Origin of mucro

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mucro mucrones

Cones from 4 to 6 cm. long, ovate-conic, symmetrical, often persistent; apophyses dull pale nut-brown, thin or somewhat thickened along a transverse keel, the umbo salient, the mucro more or less persistent.

From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw

Cones from 6 to 12 cm. long, ovate-conic, oblique, serotinous, reflexed; apophyses lustrous tawny yellow, convex, the posterior gradually larger and more prominent than the anterior scales, the umbo flat or depressed, the mucro deciduous.

From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw

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 K. Rangachari

Cones from 4 to 8 cm. long, subsessile, symmetrical; apophyses lustrous, tawny yellow, transversely carinate, the keel strongly convex, the mucro of the umbo more or less persistent.

From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw

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

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

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