feather-veined
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of feather-veined
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Seeds 1 or 2 in each carpel, anatropous; albumen fleshy; embryo minute.—Leaves alternate, not toothed, marked with minute transparent dots, 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
When the great veins all branch from the midrib, the leaf is feather-veined or pinnate-veined.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
Seeds anatropous, large, with a crustaceous seed-coat, and a minute embryo at the base of the ruminated albumen.—Leaves alternate, entire, 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
Trees or shrubs with alternate, simple, entire, 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)
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