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.[1]

References

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.

“trinervate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

travertine

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