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venation

[vee-ney-shuhn, vuh-] / viˈneɪ ʃən, və- /


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What was once just something we called elephant ears is now a high-falutin cultivar of alocasia or colocasia, truly stunning in size, leaf venation and sheer presence.

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The bloom is golden with a tracery of magenta venation.

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Sarracenia flava, the yellow pitcher, has chartreuse flowers and pitchers, though often with marked venation and natural variation.

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You can pick them up — they won’t harm you — and study their orange wing venation and orange legs.

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Among the brighter whites, Wheeler commends Polar Bear and Arctic White, a later poinsettia that is pleasantly creamy and with green venation as it colors up, though the bracts are on the small side.

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