(of the veins of a leaf) running parallel to the edges of the leaf and fusing at the tip
Also: acrodromous (əˈkrɒdrəməs)
Word origin
from acro- + -dromous
Examples of 'acrodromous' in a sentence
acrodromous
The leaves show a flabellate acrodromous to parallelodromous venation pattern, with several primary, secondary and higher order cross-veins.
B. Mohr, C. Rydin 2002, 'Trifurcatia flabellata n. gen. n. sp., a putative monocotyledon angiospermfrom the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil)', Fossil Recordhttp://www.foss-rec.net/5/335/2002/fr-5-335-2002.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)