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ve⋅na⋅tion

  [vee-ney-shuhn, vuh-]
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–noun
1. the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
2. these veins collectively.
Origin:
1640–50; < L vēn(a) vein + -ation

Related forms:
ve⋅na⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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ve·na·tion   (vē-nā'shən, vě-)   
n.  

  1. Distribution or arrangement of a system of veins, as in a leaf blade or the wing of an insect.

  2. The veins of such a system considered as a group.

ve·na'tion·al adj.
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