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mutic

adj — 2 senses

mutic

adj
1

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Dated Having no pointed process or awn; awnless.

  • Pollen masses applied to the dilated tops of the corpuscles of the stigma, solitary, or composed of 4 confluent ones. Stigma almost mutic.1875, John Claudius Loudon, Trees and Shrubs:
2

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Dated Lacking certain defensive structures, such as spines or claws.

  • Tibiae frequently mutic and very distinctly more slender toward its apex.1922, Burle Jackson Jones, The Wing Veins of Insects, volume 1, page 202:

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