mucro

[ myoo-kroh ]

noun

, Botany, Zoology.

, plural mu·cro·nes [myoo-, kroh, -neez].

1. a short point projecting abruptly, as at the end of a leaf.

mucro

/ ˈmjuːkrəʊ /

noun

1. biology a short pointed projection from certain parts or organs, as from the tip of a leaf

Word History and Origins

Origin of mucro¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mucro¹

C17: from Latin mūcrō point

Example Sentences

This is a larger plant than E. carneo-grisea; and it differs materially in the character of its spores, which are strongly angled and some of them square, 10–12� in diameter, with a prominent mucro at one angle.

From Project Gutenberg

Cones not exceeding 7 cm. in length, symmetrical, pendent on slender peduncles, ovate-conic, early deciduous; apophyses sublustrous, nut-brown, tumid at the margins, flat on the surface, the umbo large, the mucro rarely persistent.

From Project Gutenberg

Cones from 5 to 10 cm. long, ovate-conic, symmetrical or oblique, tenaciously persistent; apophyses lustrous, nut-brown, convex or elevated along a transverse keel, the posterior scales of some cones larger and more prominent than the anterior scales, the mucro usually deciduous.

From Project Gutenberg

Cones from 7 to 14 cm. long, ovate or ovate-conic, symmetrical or oblique, deciduous and often leaving a few basal scales on the trees; apophyses rufous or fulvous brown, flat, elevated or, in one variety, prolonged in various degrees, the prolongations nearly uniform or much more prominent on the posterior face of the cone, the mucro usually deciduous.

From Project Gutenberg

Cones from 6 to 11 cm. long, in crowded verticillate clusters, sessile, reflexed, ovate-conic, oblique, persistent and serotinous; apophyses lustrous nut-brown, more or less tumid, the posterior gradually larger than the anterior scales, the umbo flat or depressed, the mucro wanting.

From Project Gutenberg