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mucronate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
mu-cronate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Terminating in a mucro (an abruptly tapering point or a sharp spine) such as at the end of a leaf.

Etymology

From mucro(n) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or directly from Latin mūcrōnātus.

Derived Forms

bimucronate centromucronate mucronately submucronate trimucronate unimucronate

Frequently Paired Words

mucro mucronation

Questions

What does mucronate mean?
Terminating in a mucro (an abruptly tapering point or a sharp spine) such as at the end of a leaf.
Where does mucronate come from?
From mucro(n) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or directly from Latin mūcrōnātus.

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