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mucroniform

mucroniform adjective: having a sharp pointed end or mucro.

Adjective

mucroniform (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having a sharp pointed end or mucro.
    • Perennials, densely caespitose; rhizome stout, branched, ascending or short with internodes very abbreviated; stem 15–25 (–33) cm long, c. 1 mm in diam.; cataphylls 3–4 (–5), obtuse, pale brown with blade mucroniform and 0.3–1.5 mm long; cauline leaf usually single; auricles narrow, distinct...2002, Jan Kirschner, editor, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 6. Juncaceae 1: Rostkovia to Luzula, Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, →ISBN, page 6

Origin of mucroniform

From Latin mūcrō, mūcrōnem (“a sharp point”) + -iform.

Questions about mucroniform

What does mucroniform mean?
Mucroniform means having a sharp pointed end or mucro.
What part of speech is mucroniform?
Mucroniform is an adjective.

Words near mucroniform in the dictionary

  1. mucronately
  2. mucronation
  3. mucronations
  4. mucronatoside
  5. mucrones
  6. mucroniform
  7. mucrons
  8. mucronulate
  9. mucronule
  10. mucronules
  11. mucros

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