NERVURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nervure mean? 

• NERVURE (noun)
  The noun NERVURE has 2 senses:

1. any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

2. one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect

  Familiarity information: NERVURE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERVURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

nervure; vein

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

fibrovascular bundle; vascular bundle; vascular strand (a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nervure"):

midrib; midvein (the vein in the center of a leaf)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

nervure; vein

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

rib (a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant)