Type your answer here...to carry nutrients, water, and food through the leaf
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The answer is "midrib"
The vein down the center of the leaf does what all the other veins do; carry food and nutrients to the rest of the leaf and overall plant.
A vein in a leaf carries minerals and water to all the parts of the plant.
To carry around water, minerals (from the roots) and sap.
The leaf blade , the main vein , the veins , the stem and the leaf.
Because main vein has to be strong enough to support the leaf blade.
main vein / leaf blade
It depends on what sort of leaf. In broad leaved flowering plants it is normally down the middle. Gingko biloba doesn't have a main vein but many radiating from the stem. The Narrow leaved flowering plants have a series of so called main veins. The conifers don't have leaves, they have needles.
Main vein, Central vein, Mid vein are all correct to a point. "Rachis" seems to be the scientifically preferred term, though. "Midrib" also sees some usage in a few types of leaf.
Not exactly. The vein of a leaf acts just like the veins and arteries in the human body. They carry water throughout the leaf and plant.
The scientific term for the vein of a leaf is Xylem and phloem.
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lateral vein is hindi ko alam
lateral vein is hindi ko alam
A vein runs through the leaf and is a thin, firm structure. It looks different from the rest of the leaf, especially the thin membrane that makes up the body of the leaf.
The scientific term for the vein of a leaf is Xylem and phloem.