nervure

Meaning

Noun

  • A vein in the wing of an insect.
  • Any of the veins that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.
  • One of the ribs in a groined vault; a projecting moulding.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from French nervure.

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