Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

binervate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bin-er-vate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of leaves, wings, etc. having only two nerves or ribs.

Example Sentences

"The binervate wings of this species are elongated and nearly transparent."
"(Hookeria laete-virens): stem procumbent, subpinnate; leaves suddenly acuminate, ovate, or ovate-oblong, with a thickened margin, sharply toothed, binervate."
"(Pilotrichella welwitschii): ...the ramuline leaves are spathulate from a contracted base, obsoletely binervate, more longly acuminate, with upper margins involute and serrulate. (Erythrodontium bicolor): Ramuline leaves, appressed when dry, erecto-patent when wet, 0.85 mm. long by 0.375 mm. wide, from a broad cordate base elliptic-ovate acuminate, slightly hollowed, shortly binervate, with margins erect or slightly recurved, minutely serrulate above middle..."
"...seedlings with two binervate cotyledons."

Etymology

From bi- + nerve (“a leaf vein”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions

What does binervate mean?: Of leaves, wings, etc. having only two nerves or ribs.
Where does binervate come from?: From bi- + nerve (“a leaf vein”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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