mucro
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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.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
The other glumes are as in sessile spikelets, but the fourth glume has no awn and may have a mucro.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Prosternal spine: the curved mucro in Elateridae which extends backward into a meso-sternal cavity: the cone or tubercle between fore-legs in some Orthoptera.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
The fourth glume has no mucro or awn and has three stamens.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
Mesosternal cavity: in Elateridae, the opening into which the prosternal spine or mucro is fitted.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
