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Venation   Listen
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Venation  n.  The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant.





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... this is the case. The interest of these corpuscles, it may be added, lies in the proof of affinity they offer between Conifers and the higher Cryptogams, such as ferns and lycopods—an affinity shown also in the peculiar venation of the Gingkgo. Conifers are in some degree links between ordinary flowering plants and the higher Cryptogams, and serve to connect in genealogical sequence groups once considered quite distinct. In germination the two fleshy cotyledons ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 360, November 25, 1882 • Various


Words linked to "Venation" :   botany, phytology, leafage, arrangement, foliage, circulatory system, cardiovascular system


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