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Meaning of binervate | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Of leaves, wings, etc. having only two nerves or ribs.

not-comparable

Examples

“The binervate wings of this species are elongated and nearly transparent.”
“(Hookeria laete-virens): stem procumbent, subpinnate; leaves suddenly acuminate, ovate, or ovate-oblong, with a thickened margin, sharply toothed, binervate.”
“(Pilotrichella welwitschii): ...the ramuline leaves are spathulate from a contracted base, obsoletely binervate, more longly acuminate, with upper margins involute and serrulate. (Erythrodontium bicolor): Ramuline leaves, appressed when dry, erecto-patent when wet, 0.85 mm. long by 0.375 mm. wide, from a broad cordate base elliptic-ovate acuminate, slightly hollowed, shortly binervate, with margins erect or slightly recurved, minutely serrulate above middle...”
“...seedlings with two binervate cotyledons.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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