Triple-nerved
[trip-uh l-nurvd] /ˈtrɪp əlˈnɜrvd/
adjective, Botany.
1.
noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
triple-nerved
adjective
1.
(of a leaf) having three main veins
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