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veinlet

American  
[vayn-lit] / ˈveɪn lɪt /

noun

  1. a small vein.


veinlet British  
/ ˈveɪnlɪt /

noun

  1. any small vein or venule

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of veinlet

First recorded in 1825–35; vein + -let


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

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

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.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

The stupidities of men go crossing one another; and miles down, at the bottom of all, there is a little veinlet of sense found running at last!

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Thomas Carlyle

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

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Indusium straight or rarely curved, fixed lengthwise on the upper side of a fertile veinlet, opening toward the midrib.

From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by George Henry Tilton

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