Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Two-nerved; especially, in botany, having two longitudinal ribs: applied to certain leaves.
- In entomology, having two nervures or veins, as an insect's wing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects.
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- adjective zoology, botany Having only
two nerves .
Etymologies
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Latin bis twice + nervus sinew, nerve.
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