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Definition of "venation" []

  • Distribution or arrangement of a system of veins, as in a leaf blade or the wing of an insect. (noun)
  • The veins of such a system considered as a group. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "venation" in a sentence
  • "Pineapples have simple leaves with spiny margins and parallel leaf venation, which is typical of"
  • "I am primarily interested in the venation of the lungs of pulmonate land snails."
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