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

Isoptera: equal winged: an ordinal term for insects with four, similar, net-veined wings; mouth mandibulate; thoracic rings similar, loosely jointed metamorphosis incomplete: the Termitidae.

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

Under the Key to the Groups, it agrees with 1b, referring to 2; with 2b, referring to 3; and its net-veined leaves place it in 3b, referring to Group 4, Dicotyledones.

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

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)

Membranous, net-veined wings, those of the two pairs closely alike.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

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 Gleason, Henry Allan