What is another word for Venation?

Pronunciation: [vɛnˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Venation refers to the arrangement and pattern of veins on leaves, petals, and other plant parts. Synonyms for venation include 1. Leaf veining: used specifically to refer to the venation patterns on leaves. 2. Vascular patterning: a more general term used to describe the overall arrangement of vascular tissue. 3. Leaf ribbing: refers to the prominent veins that run down the length of a leaf. 4. Venule arrangement: refers to the smaller veins that branch off from the larger veins. 5. Vein network: describes the complex web of veins that are present on a surface. 6. Vein distribution: emphasizes the distribution and spacing of veins across a surface. 7. Leaf reticulation: refers to the intricate network of veins on a leaf that resembles a net.

What are the hypernyms for Venation?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Venation

But as soon as the plant is picked and we look at the under surface, all suggestion of a Boletus vanishes, unless one looks carefully at the Venation of the surface of the gills and the spaces between them.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
The beautiful Venation of the wall of the sporangium is continued upon the surface of the threads of the capillitium.
"The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio"
A. P. Morgan
This process does not dissolve or remove the scales, but merely renders them transparent, so that they do not interfere with the study of the Venation.
"Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects"
C. V. Riley

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