Pronounced: ho-mee-o-TEL-yuh-ton, noun
Notes: A kind of technical word
Yesterday’s word
The word mucro is “an abrupt sharp terminal point or tip or process (as with a leaf)
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
If your hobby is botany, you may know this word, which is often used to describe the shape of a plant’s leaves. The word mucronate describes a leaf that ends in a sharp, abrupt tip (our word mucro). A leaf with a rounded tip with a slight notch is called “retuse”. Our word came from the Latin word mucro (point; edge). In addition to botany, our word can be used in anatomy.
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