parallel-veined

American  

[par-uh-lel-veynd, -luhl-] / ˈpær əˌlɛlˈveɪnd, -ləl- /

adjective

Botany.

1. having closely spaced longitudinal veins, as the leaves of most monocotyledonous plants.

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Etymology

Origin of parallel-veined

First recorded in 1860–65; parallel + vein + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The lily of the valley leaf is parallel-veined and the oak leaf is net-veined.

From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

The narrow leaves of the cone-bearing trees are also parallel-veined.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

The leaves are parallel-veined, fan-shaped, or feather-like, on long stalks that sheath the trunk, splitting with its growth.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

The parallel-veined leaves of monocotyledons have stems without distinction of wood, bark and pith; the netted-veined leaves of dicotyledons have exogenous stems.

From Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf by Newell, Jane H.

They all have parallel-veined leaves, and the parts of their flowers are in "threes" or "sixes," as may be seen by consulting the coloured plates.

From Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air by Weathers, John