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net-veined
[ net-veynd ]
adjective
, Botany.
- having branched veins that form a network, as the leaves of most dicotyledonous plants.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of net-veined1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
Alismace—Aquatic plants with radical net-veined leaves, and (generally) conspicuous, white, bisexual flowers.
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In wet woods, usually near the coast, the Net-veined Chain Fern is occasionally conspicuous.
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In long net-veined leaves we may cite Pavetta Borbonica, whose dark green blade has a crimson mid-rib.
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Phyloptera: the super-ordinal term proposed to include all the net-veined orders, the Orthoptera and Dermatoptera.
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Twining herbs with net-veined leaves and greenish or white flowers in panicles or racemes.
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