veinlet

American  

[veyn-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

Example Sentences

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

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

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 Carlyle, Thomas

Or that he may, o'er-weighed with seasons due, Forget one Spring where veinlet tendrils lace Rose over rose to make this flower, thy face?

From Path Flower and Other Verses by Dargan, Olive Tilford

But how is material conveyed from rootlet to veinlet of leaf hundreds of feet away?

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White