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feather-veined
[ feth-er-veynd ]
adjective
, Botany.
- (of a leaf ) having a series of veins branching from each side of the midrib toward the margin; pinnately veined.
feather-veined
adjective
- (of a leaf) having a network of veins branching from the midrib to the margin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of feather-veined1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
When the great veins all branch from the midrib, the leaf is feather-veined or pinnate-veined.
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Aromatic, evergreen trees with alternate, entire, feather-veined leaves.
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Trees or shrubs with alternate, simple, entire, feather-veined leaves.
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Shrubs or small trees with alternate, simple, feather-veined leaves.
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And so you see that the dandelion leaf is also feather-veined.
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