mucro
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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.
Cones from 4 to 6 cm. long, ovate-conic, symmetrical, often persistent; apophyses dull pale nut-brown, thin or somewhat thickened along a transverse keel, the umbo salient, the mucro more or less persistent.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
Cones from 6 to 12 cm. long, ovate-conic, oblique, serotinous, reflexed; apophyses lustrous tawny yellow, convex, the posterior gradually larger and more prominent than the anterior scales, the umbo flat or depressed, the mucro deciduous.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
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.
