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MIDRIB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does midrib mean?
• MIDRIB (noun)
The noun MIDRIB has 1 sense:
1. the vein in the center of a leaf
Familiarity information: MIDRIB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The vein in the center of a leaf
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
midrib; midvein
Hypernyms ("midrib" 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)
Context examples
The expanded, thin structure on either side of the midrib of a leaf.
(Blade, Food and Drug Administration)
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