parallel-veined

American  

[par-uh-lel-veynd, -luhl-] / ˈpær əˌlɛlˈveɪnd, -ləl- /

adjective

Botany.

1. having closely spaced longitudinal veins, as the leaves of most monocotyledonous plants.

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Etymology

Origin of parallel-veined

First recorded in 1860–65; parallel + vein + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Leaves ovate, lanceolate or linear, parallel-veined, flat, sheathed at base; the uppermost often dissimilar and forming a kind of spathe.—Chiefly tropical.

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

There are two principle modes— the parallel-veined, of which the iris is an example; the reticulated-veined, or netted-veined, of which the Elm is an example.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Leaves sword-shape, finely parallel-veined, with bristly margins 2a, in UMBELLIFERAE, p.

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

This is of two principal kinds; namely, the parallel-veined, and the netted-veined.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Leaves parallel-veined, fan-shaped, with irregular lobes at the end, thick, leathery, with no midrib.

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