red-veinedadj.

1717 R. Rawlinson Hist. & Antiq. Hereford 135 Near the Choir Door, in the South Isle, is against the Wall a red veined marble Monument, suppoted by two Pillars.

1760 W. Cole in Coll. Top. & Gen. (1837) iv. 273 Under the pediment is a sarcophagus of red-veined marble, on which lies a coffin.

1807 J. Grahame Poems II. 22 At a bramble root, sunk in the grass, The hidden prize, of withered field-straws formed, Well lined with many a coil of hair and moss, And in it laid five red-veined spheres.

1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. xviii. 269 Those fire-threaded mellow curls..rippling at the ends, went like a sunny red-veined torrent down her back almost to her waist.

1877 C. Patmore Unknown Eros xi. 51 He had put, within his reach, A box of counters and a red-vein'd stone.

1907 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 6/2 His face is clear, with the red-veined cheeks of a sailor.

1956 R. Finlayson in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 22 He was a thickset florid man with a red-veined nose.

2007 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 20 Apr. Periodical cicadas—..with black bodies, red-veined wings and, usually, red eyes—can be startling.

?1785 Earl of Bute Bot. Tables II. 304 Amaranth... Leaves..red vein'd.

1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side 49 Our common Red-veined dock (Rumex Sanguineus), with its curled leaves and red veins, is said to be a good vegetable when boiled.

1862 ‘G. Hamilton’ Country Living 61 The beets came up, little red-veined leaves, struggling for breath among a tangle of Roman wormwood and garlic.

1936 Geogr. Jrnl. 88 115 ‘Native cabbage’ (the red-veined leaves of a small bush).

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 97/1 Specimens with red-veined leaves, of the kind developed into beetroots, are quite common in the wild.

2006 N. Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Jan. 6 There's..another sweet pea Goldmine..in orange, red-veined petals, yellow heel and perfect for low walls.