feather-veined

American  

[feth-er-veynd] / ˈfɛð ərˌveɪnd /

adjective

Botany.

1. (of a leaf ) having a series of veins branching from each side of the midrib toward the margin; pinnately veined.

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feather-veined British  

adjective

1. (of a leaf) having a network of veins branching from the midrib to the margin

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Etymology

Origin of feather-veined

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

In a day, the protective fuzz disappears, and the full-grown leaf is seen, thin, strongly feather-veined, uniformly green, saw-toothed.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Shrubs or small trees with alternate, simple, feather-veined leaves.

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

Trees or tall shrubs with alternate, simple, pointed, 2-ranked, feather-veined, toothed leaves.

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

Heads in a compound terminal corymb, not at all racemose 37–40 Heads small, mostly clustered in the axils of feather-veined leaves 3–7 Heads mostly large, in a terminal thyrse; leaves feather-veined.

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

Aromatic, evergreen trees with alternate, entire, feather-veined leaves.

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