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Midrib   /mˈɪdrɪb/   Listen
Midrib

noun
1.
The vein in the center of a leaf.  Synonym: midvein.






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"Midrib" Quotes from Famous Books



... ferns to this it slips on and finds color growing on many things in the woodland shadow. Here is the cornel, whose lovely blooms filled the forest with butterfly beauty, it seems no longer ago than yesterday. Today I find the cornel foliage green still as to midrib and veining, but with the woof of the leaf gone such a fine apple red that it is surely good enough to eat. If color counts the deer should find rich browse in the shrubbery these days. The hazels that were ...
— Old Plymouth Trails • Winthrop Packard



Words linked to "Midrib" :   midvein, vein, nervure



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