mucro
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The fourth glume is ovate or oblong, rugulose, chartaceous, apex with a distinct mucro concealed in the second and third glumes; palea same as the glume in texture, etc.
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.
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.
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
The fourth glume has no mucro or awn and has three stamens.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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