noun
- Plural of mucro; sharp, pointed projections or tips, especially in botany and zoology.
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The leaf margins were lined with small mucrones that gave the plant a spiky appearance.
- Under the microscope, the mucrones on the insect's exoskeleton were clearly visible.
- Botanists identified the species by the distinctive mucrones at the leaf apex.
- The flower's sepals terminated in sharp mucrones.