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veinlet

[ veyn-lit ]

noun

  1. a small vein.


veinlet

/ ˈveɪnlɪt /

noun

  1. any small vein or venule
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of veinlet1

First recorded in 1825–35; vein + -let
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Example Sentences

Sporangia much as in Schizæa, but oblique, fixed to the veinlet by the inner side next the base, one or rarely two covered by each indusium.

Sori oblong or linear, borne on a veinlet parallel to the midrib, and covered with a special usually concave or arched indusium attached to the fruiting veinlet, and opening along the inner side.

Sori on the upper side or rarely on both sides of a veinlet.

Sporangia borne in a double row on narrow fertile segments, each sporangium seated on a separate veinlet, and provided with a special scale-like indusium.

Indusium fixed by its outer margin to the fruitful veinlet, free and opening on the side next the midrib.

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