Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, same as
parallel-nerved . - In entomology, having the longitudinal veins distinct and more or less parallel: said of the wings of insects, as in the Lepidoptera: opposed to net-veined.
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Examples
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In all of these, except _Trillium_, the perigone leaves are colored alike, and the leaves parallel-veined; but in the latter the sepals are green and the leaves broad and netted-veined.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Lance-shaped, parallel-veined, clasping the stem; upper ones smallest.
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891
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-- The engraving conveys the impression that the leaves are parallel-veined; but the coca is a dicotyledon, with the under surface of the leaf strongly marked with veins, of which two, in addition to the midrib, run parallel with the margin.
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853
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"The lily of the valley leaf is parallel-veined and the oak leaf is net-veined.
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