mucronate

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mu·cro·nate (my

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adj.

Of or having a mucro; ending abruptly in a sharp point: mucronate feathers; a mucronate leaf.

mucro·nation n.

mucronate [ˈmjuːkrəʊnɪt -ˌneɪt], mucronated

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) terminating in a sharp point

[from Latin mūcrōnātus pointed, from mucro]

mucronation n

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pointed			The leaves are ovate to lanceolate leaf apex rounded mucronate but the nerve projects only as a short point beyond the blunt leaf apex. Bryoflora from Hyderabad British Residency--a new report by Johnson, Mary Esther Cynthia; Sushama, P.R.; Rani, P.Surekha; Shailaja, K. / Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences-Botany 5 cm long, stalks sessile to subsessile, apex mucronate, maturing late spring through summer; aerial stems evergreen, rigid E. PTERIDOPHYTES OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS by Spaulding, Daniel D.; Whetstone, R. David; Ballard, J. Mark / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science			mucolytic Muconate Muconic mucopeptide mucopolysaccharide mucopolysaccharidosis mucoprotein mucopurulent mucor Mucoraceae Mucorales mucosa mucosal mucose Mucosity mucous mucous colitis mucous membrane Mucous membranes Mucous patches mucous secretion Mucous tissue Mucousness mucoviscidosis mucro mucronate Mucronulate Muculent mucuna Mucuna aterrima Mucuna deeringiana Mucuna pruriens utilis mucus Mucusin MUD Mud bass mud bath Mud boat mud brick mud cat mud crab Mud dab mud dauber Mud devil mud digger Mud drum mud eel mud fever mud flap mud flat Mud frog			mucous patch Mucous patches mucous plug mucous plug mucous plug mucous plug mucous plug mucous secretion mucous shreds mucous thread mucous thread mucous thread mucous tissue mucous tissue mucous tissue mucous tumor Mucousness Mucoviscidose Mucoviscidose Mucoviscidose mucoviscidosis mucoviscidosis mucoviscidosis MUCP MUCPD MUCPS MUCR MUCREFAB mucro mucro mucronate mucronation mucronation mucrones mucrones Mucronulate mucros mucros MUCRP1 MUCRU MUCS MUCSA MUCT MUCTC MUCTPI Mucu Muculent mucuna Mucuna aterrima Mucuna deeringiana Mucuna pruriens Mucuna pruriens Mucuna pruriens utilis mucunas Mucuous membranes Mucuous membranes Mucuous membranes Muçurana mucus mucus mucus

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