parallel-veined

[ par-uh-lel-veynd, -luhl- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Botany.

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

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

As sabutan is parallel veined it is very easy to strip it thus, the teeth of the comb following the leaf fibers.

A leaf having its veinlets parallel to one another is said to be parallel-veined or -nerved.

Parts of the flower usually in threes (never in fives), and the leaves mostly parallel-veined.

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

"I have a blade of grass; it's parallel veined," Roger determined.

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