feather-veined

[ feth-er-veynd ]

adjectiveBotany.
  1. (of a leaf) having a series of veins branching from each side of the midrib toward the margin; pinnately veined.

Origin of feather-veined

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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British Dictionary definitions for feather-veined

feather-veined

adjective
  1. (of a leaf) having a network of veins branching from the midrib to the margin

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