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septuplinerved en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sɛpˈtʌp.lɪˌnɜːvd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• sĕp-tŭp′-lĭ-nûrvd′
• /sɛpˈtʌp.lɪˌnɜɹvd/ (General-American)

Etymology

By surface analysis, septuple (“seven times, sevenfold”, from Latin septuplus) + -i- (Latinate interfix) + nerved (“having nerves”). Compare translingual septuplinervis, the specific epithet of Miconia septuplinervis.

Meanings

1. Having seven nerves.
   • Leaves broadly ovate-acuminate, rounded at the base, and nearly or quite equal-sided, 6 to 8 in. long, 4 to 5 in. broad, on petioles of about ³⁄₄in., septuplinerved. 1890, Frederick Manson Bailey, A synopsis of the Queensland flora: containing both the phaenogamous and cryptogamous plants., page 59:
   • In several of the known species, the leaves are said to be trinerved, or almost triplinerved; in a few others they are triplinerved; but in our specimens they are distinctly septuplinerved, the three pairs of opposite nerves showing in light gray on the upper face of the leaf, and being made more conspicuous on the lower face by a neat fringe of gray, h^([sic]) hairs. 1924 November 19, Henry Pittier, “New or little known Melastomataceae from Venezuela and Panama. II”, in Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, volume 14, number 19, JSTOR:
   • a septuplinerved leaf

Forms

Translations (4)

yue 七神經 /七神经 ((botany) having seven nerves) · ru семине́рвный ((botany) having seven nerves) · mul septuplinervis ((botany) having seven nerves) · cmn 七神經 /七神经 ((botany) having seven nerves)