单词 | curvinerved |
释义 | > as lemmascurvinerved curvinerved adj. Brit. /ˌkəːvᵻˈnəːvd/ , U.S. /ˌkərvəˈnərvd/ [compare scientific Latin curvinervis (1834 or earlier), French curvinervé (1820 or earlier)] (of a leaf) having curved parallel veins; designating venation of this type; cf. curve-veined adj. at curve adj. and n. Compounds 2.ΚΠ 1834 R. Wight & G. A. Walker-Arnott Prodromus Floræ Peninsulæ Indiæ Orientalis Pref. p. xxvii The divisions of the flower are ternary; the leaves are curvinerved, primarily alternate or spiral, but indicating a disposition to become opposite at the summit of the plant. 1879 A. Gray in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) I. iii. 92 Curvinerved, when nerves curve in their course, as in the leaves of Funkia and in Canna. 1911 Ann. Bot. 25 736 The usual change [in venation] is to widen the intervals at the upper end by curving the strands so as to make a curvinerved or elliptical blade. 2015 J. Kuijt in Families & Genera Vascular Plants XII. 116/1 Venation pinnate but somewhat curvinerved. < as lemmas |
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