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veinlet

American  
[veyn-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

Example Sentences

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Indusium fixed by its outer margin to a veinlet and opening on the inner side.

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

Sporangia much as in Schizæa, but oblique, fixed to the veinlet by the inner side next the base, one or rarely two covered by each indusium.

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 Gray, Asa

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.

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 Gray, Asa

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 Gray, Asa

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 Tilton, George Henry

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