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• Veined — Veined, a. 1. Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble. Veined follies. Ford. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout the lamina; as, a veined leaf. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• parallel-veined leaf — noun a leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stem • Hypernyms: ↑leaf, ↑leafage, ↑foliage …   Useful english dictionary

• Leaf — For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation). The leaves of a Beech tree …   Wikipedia

• veined — [[t]ve͟ɪnd[/t]] 1) ADJ Veined skin has a lot of veins showing through it. Helen s hands were thin and veined. COMB in ADJ Veined is also a combining form. ...a man who had blue veined cheeks. 2) ADJ Something that is veined has a pattern or… …   English dictionary

• veined — adjective Date: circa 1529 patterned with or as if with veins ; having venation ; streaked < a veined leaf > < veined marble > < veined cheese > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• leaf fibre — ▪ plant anatomy       hard, coarse fibre obtained from leaves of monocotyledonous plants (flowering plants that usually have parallel veined leaves, such as grasses, lilies, orchids, and palms), used mainly for cordage. Such fibres, usually long… …   Universalium

• veined — vein ► NOUN 1) any of the tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from all parts of the body towards the heart. 2) (in general use) a blood vessel. 3) (in plants) a slender rib running through a leaf, containing… …   English terms dictionary

• net-veined — adjective Date: 1860 having veins arranged in a fine network < a net veined leaf > see venation illustration; compare parallel veined • net venation noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• net-veined — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. of a leaf : having netted or reticulated veins 2. : having a fine network of veins a net veined wing * * * /net vaynd /, adj. Bot. having branched veins that form a network, as the leaves of most dicotyledonous plants. Cf …   Useful english dictionary

• Net-veined — a. Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net veined wing or leaf. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• parallel-veined — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective of a leaf : having veins nearly or quite parallel to one another compare net veined * * * /par euh lel vaynd , leuhl /, adj. Bot. having closely spaced longitudinal veins, as the leaves of most monocotyledonous… …   Useful english dictionary