- Distribution or arrangement of a system of veins, as in a leaf blade or the wing of an insect.
- The veins of such a system considered as a group.
venation
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ve·na·tion (vē-nā'shən, vĕ-)  |
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| Gardener's Dictionary: venation |
The way in which veins are arranged, usually on a leaf.
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IN BRIEF: The arrangement of veins in a leaf.
The leaves of that plant have a palmate venation pattern.
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- Homoneura (invertebrate zoology)
- Zygaenoidea (invertebrate zoology)
- Incurvarioidea (invertebrate zoology)
- Ranunculaceae (botany)
- Arecidae (botany)
- Balsaminaceae (botany)
- deliquescence
- Psyllidae (invertebrate zoology)
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