feather-veined
(of a leaf) having a series of veins branching from each side of the midrib toward the margin; pinnately veined.
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How to use feather-veined in a sentence
When the great veins all branch from the midrib, the leaf is feather-veined or pinnate-veined.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. ApgarAromatic, evergreen trees with alternate, entire, feather-veined leaves.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. ApgarTrees or shrubs with alternate, simple, entire, feather-veined leaves.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. ApgarShrubs or small trees with alternate, simple, feather-veined leaves.
Trees of the Northern United States | Austin C. ApgarAnd so you see that the dandelion leaf is also feather-veined.
Brooks's Readers, Third Year | Stratton D. Brooks
British Dictionary definitions for feather-veined
(of a leaf) having a network of veins branching from the midrib to the margin
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