triple-nerved

[ trip-uhl-nurvd ]

/ ˈtrɪp əlˈnɜrvd /

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adjective Botany.

noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.

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Origin of triple-nerved

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby triple-nerved

triple fugue, triplegia, triple-header, triple integral, triple jump, triple-nerved, triple play, triple point, triple response, triple rhythm, triple sec

How to use triple-nerved in a sentence

Elderly women played Triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.
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The wine-producing countries of Spain, Italy, and France, suggest limits that are double and triple that of the U.S.
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“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.
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He emphasized that employing people with IDD is a triple win: the employer, the employee, and the federal government all benefit.
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Last year they joined with the widows of the men from Popular Unity in calling for an investigation into the triple homicide.
Anatomy of a Mexican Student Massacre|Jason McGahan|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
They were a well-matched pair; iron-nerved, both of them, the sort of men to face sudden death open-eyed and unafraid.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The sediment usually contains abundant amorphous phosphates and crystals of triple phosphate and ammonium urate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
At the beginning of 1917 I was offered the chance of production in a triple bill if I cut it down into a two-act play.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
Indignation nerved her spirit as she reflected upon the usurpation thus ostentatiously displayed.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for triple-nerved

triple-nerved

adjective

(of a leaf) having three main veins

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