Mucronate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or having a mucro; ending abruptly in a sharp point: mucronate feathers; a mucronate leaf.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Terminating in a mucro (an abruptly tapering point or a sharp spine) such as at the end of a leaf.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Narrowed to a point; ending in a tip; having a mucro: as, a mucronate feather, shell, leaf; a mucronate process.
    • Word Usage
    "Another water lily used as food in the same manner is N. lotus L. (English: white lotus, winter lotus, Luo: yunga) which is much like N. nouchali but with white-to-cream flowers and toothed leaves which have a sharp point at the tip (mucronate)."
    Equivalent
    mucronated   
     
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