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Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved.

Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.

Having the nerves spring from the midrib.

Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.

Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the winfs of some insects.

Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Pinnately veined or nerved.

Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.

The same as Quinquenerved.

Having the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.

Having reticulated veins.

Having three nerves. Three-nerved leaf (Bot.), a leaf having three distinct and prominent ribs, or nerves, extending from the base.

Same as Trinervate.

le shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. I is a woody climber with ovate manynerved leaves.

Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.

yptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.

Nerved.

To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.

Same as Nerved.

A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.