nervure
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
nervure (plural nervures)
- (zoology) A vein in the wing of an insect.
- (botany, now rare) Any of the veins that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.
- (architecture) One of the ribs in a groined vault; a projecting moulding.
Synonyms[edit]
- (vein): vein
French[edit]
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nervure f (plural nervures)
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Further reading[edit]
- “nervure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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