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triple-nerved
[ trip-uhl-nurvd ]
adjective
, Botany.
- noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
triple-nerved
adjective
- (of a leaf) having three main veins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triple-nerved1
First recorded in 1805–15
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