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- Dictionarymucronate/ˈmjuːkrənət/
adjective
- 1. ending abruptly in a short sharp point or mucro.
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Mucronate definition: having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.. See examples of MUCRONATE used in a sentence.
The meaning of MUCRO is an abrupt sharp terminal point or tip or process (as of a leaf).
mucronate. Terminating in a sharp point.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Of or having a mucro; ending abruptly in a sharp point: mucronate scales; a mucronate leaf.
The apex of the fruit is very shortly mucronate, i.e. terminanting in a sharp tip. The fruit is obovoid, subglobose, ellipsoid to fusiform, and mucronate, and measures about 35-60 mm long. The leaves have rounded bases and the margins are mucronate -serrate, and the apex is long acuminate.
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The earliest known use of the adjective mucronate is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for mucronate is from 1776, in the writing of James Lee, nurseryman.
