trinervate

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

trinervate (not comparable)

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

References
  1. 1857, Asa Gray, First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology
  • trinervate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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