mucro
Americannoun
plural
mucronesnoun
Etymology
Origin of mucro
1640–50; < New Latin, Latin mucrō sharp point
Example Sentences
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The spores are strongly 4–5 angled, some of them square, 10–12 µ in diameter, with a prominent mucro at one angle.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
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 Smith, John. B.
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 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.
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.
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