veinlet

American

[veyn-lit] / ˈveɪn lɪt /

noun

a small vein.

veinlet British

/ ˈveɪnlɪt /

noun

any small vein or venule

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Etymology

Origin of veinlet

First recorded in 1825–35; vein + -let

Example Sentences

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Fruit-dots round, naked, arranged on the back of the frond in one or more rows each side of the midrib or central vein, or irregularly scattered, each borne in our species on the end of a free veinlet.

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Sori oblong or linear, borne on a veinlet parallel to the midrib, and covered with a special usually concave or arched indusium attached to the fruiting veinlet, and opening along the inner side.

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Sori on the upper side or rarely on both sides of a veinlet.

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Sporangia borne in a double row on narrow fertile segments, each sporangium seated on a separate veinlet, and provided with a special scale-like indusium.

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Indusium fixed by its outer margin to the fruitful veinlet, free and opening on the side next the midrib.

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