venose

American

[vee-nohs] / ˈvi noʊs /

adjective

having many or prominent veins.
venous.

venose British

/ ˈviːnəʊs /

adjective

having veins; venous
(of a plant) covered with veins or similar ridges

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Etymology

Origin of venose

1655–65; < Latin vēnōsus, equivalent to vēn ( a ) vein + -ōsus -ose ¹

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The gills are entire, a few of them forked at the base, subdistant, adnate at first yellowish, becoming bright, ochraceous-buff when mature and dusted by the spores, the interspaces somewhat venose.

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