triple-nerved

[ trip-uhl-nurvd ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.

triple-nerved

adjective

1. (of a leaf) having three main veins

Word History and Origins

Origin of triple-nerved¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Hairy, the branches naked at the summit and bearing single heads; leaves spatulate-oblong or lanceolate, partly clasping, triple-nerved, the upper entire, mostly obtuse; rays about 12, equalling or exceeding the ample involucre; chaff of the dark purple disk nearly smooth and blunt.—Dry soil, N. J. and Penn. to Ky., Mo., and southward.—Variable,

From Project Gutenberg

Stem and leaves smooth and glabrous 29–32 Pubescent or scabrous 33–36 Leaves not 3-ribbed, or only obscurely triple-nerved.

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Triple-ribbed, Triple-nerved, &c., where a midrib branches into three, near the base of the leaf.

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Its lance-shaped, acutely pointed, triple-nerved leaves are rough, and the lower ones saw-edged.

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Of the triple-nerved laurels several are referred to Cinnamomum.

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