MIDVEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does midvein mean? 

• MIDVEIN (noun)
  The noun MIDVEIN has 1 sense:

1. the vein in the center of a leaf

  Familiarity information: MIDVEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDVEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The vein in the center of a leaf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

midrib; midvein

Hypernyms ("midvein" is a kind of...):

nervure; vein (any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ)