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Noun: nervure  nurv-yûr
  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
    - vein
     
  2. One of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
    - vein

Derived forms: nervures

Type of: fibrovascular bundle, rib, vascular bundle, vascular strand

Encyclopedia: Nervure

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nervous breakdown
nervous disorder
nervous exhaustion
nervous impulse
nervous prostration
nervous strain
nervous system
nervous tissue
nervously
nervousness
nervure
nervus
nervus abducens
nervus accessorius
nervus coccygeus
nervus facialis
nervus femoralis
nervus glossopharyngeus
nervus hypoglosus
nervus ischiadicus
nervus oculomotorius