net-veined

[ net-veynd ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. having branched veins that form a network, as the leaves of most dicotyledonous plants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of net-veined¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Alismace—Aquatic plants with radical net-veined leaves, and (generally) conspicuous, white, bisexual flowers.

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In wet woods, usually near the coast, the Net-veined Chain Fern is occasionally conspicuous.

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In long net-veined leaves we may cite Pavetta Borbonica, whose dark green blade has a crimson mid-rib.

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Phyloptera: the super-ordinal term proposed to include all the net-veined orders, the Orthoptera and Dermatoptera.

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Twining herbs with net-veined leaves and greenish or white flowers in panicles or racemes.

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