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

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)

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

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

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)

A leaf having its veinlets parallel to one another is said to be parallel-veined or -nerved.

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