net-veined
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of net-veined
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The roundish-oblong, leathery leaves are not toothed; they are smooth above and glaucous beneath, strongly net-veined on either side.
From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward
The lily of the valley leaf is parallel-veined and the oak leaf is net-veined.
From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
Small fruits, greenish to light yellowish-brown, globular, 2 mm. in diameter, covered with net-veined ridges; 1–2 seeded, cotyledons incumbent.
From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by Beal, W. J. (William James)
Platyptera: flat and broad-winged: an ordinal term applied to insects with four net-veined wings, secondaries longitudinally folded beneath primaries; mouth mandibulate; prothorax free; transformations complete: Psocidae, Termitidae, Perlidae and Mallophaga.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Corrodentia: an ordinal term meaning gnawers: net-veined or wingless: mandibulate, mouth formed for gnawing; transformation incomplete; thorax incompletely agglutinated: = Psocoptera: includes Termitidae, Psocidae and Mallophaga.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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