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adjective
- 1. ending abruptly in a short sharp point or mucro.
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The meaning of MUCRO is an abrupt sharp terminal point or tip or process (as of a leaf).
Mucronate definition: having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.. See examples of MUCRONATE used in a sentence.
Jun 17, 2024 · noun. Word origin. C18: from Latin mūcrōnātus pointed, from mucro. Word Frequency. mucronate in American English. (ˈmjukrənɪt ; ˈmjukrəˌneɪt ) adjective. ending in a mucro, or sharp point. : also ˈmucroˌnated. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.
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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Sep 20, 2023 · mucronate (not comparable) Terminating in a mucro (an abruptly tapering point or a sharp spine) such as at the end of a leaf.
Mucronate definition: Ending in a mucro, or sharp point.
Mucronate definition: . See examples of MUCRONATE used in a sentence.
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. mucronate is a borrowing from Latin.
