digitinervate

adjective

dig·​i·​ti·​nervate

variants or less commonly digitinerved

¦dijətə+

: having veins that emerge from the petiole and spread out like fingers : straight-veined

a digitinervate leaf

Word History

Etymology

digiti- + nervate or nerved

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

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