triple-nerved

American  

[trip-uhl-nurvd] / ˈtrɪp əlˈnɜrvd /

adjective

Botany.

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

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triple-nerved British  

adjective

1. (of a leaf) having three main veins

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Etymology

Origin of triple-nerved

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Its firm, rather thick leaves are lance-shaped, triple-nerved, entire, very rough-margined, or perhaps the lowest ones with a few scattered teeth.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje

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

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir