VEINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does veined mean? 

• VEINED (adjective)
  The adjective VEINED has 1 sense:

1. having or showing markings that resemble veins

  Familiarity information: VEINED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VEINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or showing markings that resemble veins

Synonyms:

veined; veinlike; venose

Similar:

patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

 Context examples 

It can grow up to 9 m tall, and has large, simple, dark green, shiny and deeply veined leaves.

(Morinda citrifolia, NCI Thesaurus)

The red-veined spinach variety Bordeaux is a parent of USDA Red.

(World's First True Red Spinach Variety Released, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

The Premier’s thin, blue-veined hands were clasped tightly over the ivory head of his umbrella, and his gaunt, ascetic face looked gloomily from Holmes to me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)