Definition of "mucro" [‖Mu•cro]

• A sharp, pointed part or organ, especially a sharp terminal point, as of a leaf or shell. (noun)

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• "Mesosternal cavity: in Elateridae, the opening into which the prosternal spine or mucro is fitted."
• "The _second glume_ is hyaline, about one and half times as long as the first, oblong elliptic, minutely 2-lobed at the apex, with a minute mucro between, 1-nerved with a scabrid keel."
• "The _fourth glume_ has no mucro or awn and has three stamens."