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mu⋅cro⋅nate

  [myoo-kroh-nit, -neyt]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
having an abruptly projecting point, as a feather or leaf.
Also, mu⋅cro⋅nat⋅ed.

Origin:
1770–80; < NL, L mūcrōnātus pointed, equiv. to mūcrōn- (s. of mūcrō) point, edge + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
mu⋅cro⋅na⋅tion, noun
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mu·cro·nate   (myōō'krə-nāt')   
adj.  Of or having a mucro; ending abruptly in a sharp point: mucronate feathers; a mucronate leaf.
mu'cro·na'tion n.
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