mucous ness (mu kusnes)

The state of being mucous; slimine . Johnson. mucro (mū'krō), n.; pl. mucrones (mū-kronēz). [L., a sharp point, esp. of a sword.] A tip; a spine or spine-like proce ; a mucronate part or organ; a sharp tip or point. True it is that the mucro or point thereof inclineth unto the left. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ііі. 2. Specifically-(a) In entom ., an angular projection on the margin or surface of a hard part, as on the thighs or the tips of the elytra; an angular proce shorter than a spine. (b) In bot . , a short and abrupt point of a leaf or other organ. - Mucro cord is, the lower pointed end of the heart. mucronate (mūʻkrō-nāt), a. [= F. mucroné =Pg. mucronado = It. mu cronato, Mucronate