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

All plants with definitely parallel-veined leaves may be identified through this division, unless the parts of the flower are distinctly in fives.

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)

In all of these, except Trillium, the perigone leaves are colored alike, and the leaves parallel-veined; but in the latter the sepals are green and the leaves broad and netted-veined.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

The parallel-veined leaves of monocotyledons have stems without distinction of wood, bark and pith; the netted-veined leaves of dicotyledons have exogenous stems.

From Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf by Newell, Jane H.