net-veined

American  

[net-veynd] / ˈnɛtˌveɪnd /

adjective

Botany.

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

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Etymology

Origin of net-veined

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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net-veined

Net′ty, like a net; Net′-veined, in entomology, having a great number of veins or nervures like a network on the surface, as in the wings of many Orthoptera; Net′-winged, having net-veined wings.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Areolet: one of the small spaces between veins of net-veined insects.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

All plants with definitely net-veined leaves may be identified through this division.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

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

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason

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 W. J. (William James) Beal