VENATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does venation mean? 

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

1. (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf

2. (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal

  Familiarity information: VENATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

arrangement (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Holonyms ("venation" is a part of...):

foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

venation; venous blood system

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

system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Holonyms ("venation" is a part of...):

cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)