triple-nerved

American  

[trip-uhl-nurvd] / ˈtrɪp əlˈnɜrvd /

adjective

Botany.

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

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triple-nerved British  

adjective

1. (of a leaf) having three main veins

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Etymology

Origin of triple-nerved

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Stem and leaves smooth and glabrous 29–32 Pubescent or scabrous 33–36 Leaves not 3-ribbed, or only obscurely triple-nerved.

From Project Gutenberg

Hairy, the branches naked at the summit and bearing single heads; leaves spatulate-oblong or lanceolate, partly clasping, triple-nerved, the upper entire, mostly obtuse; rays about 12, equalling or exceeding the ample involucre; chaff of the dark purple disk nearly smooth and blunt.—Dry soil, N. J. and Penn. to Ky., Mo., and southward.—Variable,

From Project Gutenberg

Triple-ribbed, Triple-nerved, &c., where a midrib branches into three, near the base of the leaf.

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Of the triple-nerved laurels several are referred to Cinnamomum.

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Its firm, rather thick leaves are lance-shaped, triple-nerved, entire, very rough-margined, or perhaps the lowest ones with a few scattered teeth.

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