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quinquenerved

quinquenerved adjective: having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.

Adjective

quinquenerved (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.

Origin of quinquenerved

From quinque- + nerved.

Questions about quinquenerved

What does quinquenerved mean?
Quinquenerved means having five nerves; said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.
What part of speech is quinquenerved?
Quinquenerved is an adjective.

Words near quinquenerved in the dictionary

  1. quinquelocular
  2. quinqueloculine
  3. quinqueloculinid
  4. quinqueloculinids
  5. quinquenary
  6. quinquenerved
  7. quinquenium
  8. quinquennal
  9. quinquennalia
  10. quinquennalian
  11. quinquennalias

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