parallel-veined

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(par′ə lel′vānd′, -ləl-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
par•al•lel-veined  (par′ə lel′vānd′, -ləl-),USA pronunciation adj. [Bot.]
  1. Plant Biologyhaving closely spaced longitudinal veins, as the leaves of most monocotyledonous plants. Cf. net-veined. 
  • parallel + vein + -ed3 1860–65

'parallel-veined' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
lily family - net-veined - orchid family

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