net-veined

[ net-veynd ]

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

Origin of net-veined

1
First recorded in 1860–65

Words Nearby net-veined

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How to use net-veined in a sentence

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

    The Sea Shore | William S. Furneaux
  • In wet woods, usually near the coast, the net-veined Chain Fern is occasionally conspicuous.

    How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora Parsons
  • In long net-veined leaves we may cite Pavetta Borbonica, whose dark green blade has a crimson mid-rib.

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

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

    The Plants of Michigan | Henry Allan Gleason