Nervure Definition

nʉrvyyo͝or
noun

Vein.

Webster's New World

(entomology) A vein in the wing of an insect.

Wiktionary

(botany, now rare) Any of the veins that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.

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Other Word Forms of Nervure

Noun

Singular:
nervure
Plural:
nervures

Origin of Nervure

  • From French nervure.

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Nervure Sentence Examples

  • The forewings have at least a single longitudinal nervure - often two - reaching from base to tip of the wing.

  • The hind-wings, when developed, are characteristic in form, possessing a sub-costal nervure with which the reduced radial nervure usually becomes associated.

  • At this fold the median nervure stops and is joined by a cross nervure to the radial, which can be distinguished throughout its length from the subcostal.

  • Close to a transverse fold near the base of the wing, the median nervure divides into branches which extend to the wing-margin; there is a second transverse fold near the tip of the wing, and cross nervures are altogether wanting.

  • Along the costa runs a costal nervure.

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Words Starting With

NNENER

Words Ending With

EREURE

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