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Definition of Mucronate
1. a. Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf.
Definition of Mucronate
1. Adjective. (biology) Terminating in a mucro (an abruptly tapering point or a sharp spine) such as at the end of a leaf. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mucronate
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Mucronate
1. Synonym: xiphoid. Origin: L. Mucronatus, pointed (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucronate
Literary usage of Mucronate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1824)
"Legume oval, rugose, mucronate. Seed 1, glabrous. Grows in dry soils moderately
rich. Flowers May—June. ..."
2. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"2Í-) erect, small, pubescent: leaves sessile, lance-oblong, acute, nerved,
mucronate-denticulate: flowers few, terminal, very long peduncled: teeth of the ..."
3. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"Glumes lance-ovate, slightly mucronate, ... somewhat trigonous-ovoid, obtuse,
costal«*, roughly pubescent, rather longer than the ovate, mucronate glume. ..."
4. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"Leaves lanceolate, mucronate, quite entire, a little cartilaginous, much more
loose, and three times thinner than in A. ..."
5. A Class-book of Botany by Alphonso Wood (1851)
"5. Retuse, terminating with a round end, having the centre depressed. 6. mucronate,
abruptly terminated by a short, hard, bristly point, &c. §7. ..."
6. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1824)
"Legume oval, rugose, mucronate. Seed 1, glabrous. Grows in dry soils moderately
rich. Flowers May—June. ..."
7. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"2Í-) erect, small, pubescent: leaves sessile, lance-oblong, acute, nerved,
mucronate-denticulate: flowers few, terminal, very long peduncled: teeth of the ..."
8. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"Glumes lance-ovate, slightly mucronate, ... somewhat trigonous-ovoid, obtuse,
costal«*, roughly pubescent, rather longer than the ovate, mucronate glume. ..."
9. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"Leaves lanceolate, mucronate, quite entire, a little cartilaginous, much more
loose, and three times thinner than in A. ..."
10. A Class-book of Botany by Alphonso Wood (1851)
"5. Retuse, terminating with a round end, having the centre depressed. 6. mucronate,
abruptly terminated by a short, hard, bristly point, &c. §7. ..."
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