Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In arch.:
- noun Any one of the ribs of a groined vault, but especially that part of a rib which forms one of the sides of a compartment of the groining
- noun A projecting molding, particularly if small and acute-angled in profile. Also called
nerve . - noun In botany, a vein or nerve of a leaf.
- noun In entomology, one of the tubes or tubular thickenings which ramify in an insect's wing: a nerve, vein, or costa proceeding along one of certain definite lines, to strengthen the wing and, through a central hollow, to nourish it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) One of the nerves of leaves.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the chitinous supports, or veins, in the wings of insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun entomology A
vein in the wing of aninsect . - noun botany Any of the
veins that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
- noun any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Reddish yellow, smooth, and shining; the face testaceous, with slight fuscous stains; the scape and two or three of the basal joints of the flagellum yellow in front; the wings hyaline, with a yellowish tinge; the nervures black, except the costal nervure, which is ferruginous towards the base, the apex of the wings slightly clouded; the posterior tibiæ fuscous above.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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This last nervure, which is of a slightly reddish hue, is the fundamental element of the musical device; it is, in short, the bow, the fiddlestick, as is proved by the fine notches which run across it.
Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Dans la journee je verifie le rouge s'est estompé c qq peu rosé ... et s'estompe les heures passant ... pour ne laisser que deux gross veine rouge et qq nervure sur les coté.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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Thus in such a tree, which we may truly call “The Tree of Life,” there ought to be the usefulness of the fruit: the beauty of the flower; the vigor of the twigs; the ornament of the leaves; the nervure of the branches, but the whole arising from a single trunk and having its roots, not in the air, but in the profundity of the Word of God.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Thus in such a tree, which we may truly call “The Tree of Life,” there ought to be the usefulness of the fruit: the beauty of the flower; the vigor of the twigs; the ornament of the leaves; the nervure of the branches, but the whole arising from a single trunk and having its roots, not in the air, but in the profundity of the Word of God.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Thus in such a tree, which we may truly call “The Tree of Life,” there ought to be the usefulness of the fruit: the beauty of the flower; the vigor of the twigs; the ornament of the leaves; the nervure of the branches, but the whole arising from a single trunk and having its roots, not in the air, but in the profundity of the Word of God.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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Marginal field: in tegmina = costal field: q.v. Marginal nervure or vein: in Orthoptera, = costa (Comst.): in
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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First submarginal cross-nervure: Hymenoptera; part of the media and the radio-medial cross vein (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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First inner apical nervure: in Hymenoptera (Nort.); is cubitus 1, from media 4, to first anal (Comst.).
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Discocellular nervure or vein: Lepidoptera; = discal vein, q.v. Discoidal: relating to the disc, or middle = discal.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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