venation

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In simple venation patterns, one unfortunately placed air bubble could block up to 95% of the venation network, preventing water from flowing through the leaf.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

This Angiosperm Terrestrial Revolution was in part driven by a unique innovation in angiosperm leaves: these present a netted hierarchical venation, which allows angiosperm to fix carbon dioxide in a much more efficient way.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

Even the assignment to the subfamily Larentiinae is not entirely secure and is based on a few features like wing venation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023

The copperplate lines are so exact they mimic the individual venation of feathers; the neck of a gyrfalcon takes on all the ripply realism of moiréd silk.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Scalariform: ladder-like; applied to venation when the veinlets between two longitudinal veins are regularly arranged like the rungs of a ladder.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.