nervure

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[edit] Noun

nervure (plural nervures)

  1. (botany) Any of the vascular bundles that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.
  2. (zoology) One of the chitinous ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect.

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