trinervate
English
Etymology
From Latin trinervatus, from tri- + nervus (“nerve”).
Adjective
trinervate (not comparable)
- (botany, of a leaf) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trinervate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)