veinlet

American  

[vayn-lit] / ˈveɪn lɪt /

noun

1. a small vein.

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veinlet British  

/ ˈveɪnlɪt /

noun

1. any small vein or venule

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Etymology

Origin of veinlet

First recorded in 1825–35; vein + -let

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Example Sentences

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veinlet

At Makná I was much puzzled by the presence of the porous basalt, which had yielded to the first Expedition a veinlet of "electron"—gold and silver mixed by the hand of Nature.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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

A mile and a half walking almost due north led to a veinlet of copper 30 metres long by 0.30 thick, with an east-west strike, and a dip of 45 degrees south.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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

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 Asa Gray

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