mucronate

American  

[myoo-kroh-nit, -neyt] / ˈmyu kroʊ nɪt, -ˌneɪt /

Sometimes mucronated

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

1. having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.

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mucronate British  

/ -ˌneɪt, ˈmjuːkrəʊnɪt /

adjective

1. terminating in a sharp point

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Other Word Forms

• mucronation noun
• submucronate adjective
• submucronated adjective

Etymology

Origin of mucronate

1770–80; < New Latin, Latin mūcrōnātus pointed, equivalent to mūcrōn- (stem of mūcrō ) point, edge + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Anthers oblong-linear or arrow-shaped, mucronate, inserted in the throat.

From Project Gutenberg

Sparsely hairy or nearly smooth; leaves varying from oblong with a somewhat heart-shaped base to linear, mucronate or emarginate; peduncles 1–7-flowered; bracts shorter than the pedicels; sepals pointed, glabrous or nearly so; corolla white; filaments hairy; styles united at base.

From Project Gutenberg

Stamens 4, the anthers mucronate or sometimes aristate at base.

From Project Gutenberg

Creeping extensively, roughish, green; leaves oblanceolate or wedge-spatulate, serrate above; peduncles axillary, slender, exceeding the leaves, bearing solitary closely bracted heads of bluish-white flowers; bracts mucronate or pointless.—River-banks,

From Project Gutenberg

Somewhat pubescent; stem simple; leaflets 5–7 pairs, varying from obovate-oblong to linear, notched and mucronate at the apex; pod linear, several-seeded.—Cultivated fields and waste places, N. Eng. to N. J. and southward, west to Mich. and Minn.—Var. angustifòlia, Seringe, has longer and narrow leaflets.

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