trinervate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin trinervatus, from tri- + nervus (nerve).

Adjective[edit]

trinervate (not comparable)

  1. (botany, of a leaf) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary [].] Trinervate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, [], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., [], →OCLC.

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