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Cleft :: Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf..

Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into hands; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)..

Sedge :: Sedge (n.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species..

Trisected :: Trisected (a.) Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.

Excurrent :: Excurrent (a.) Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top..

Pinnatifid :: Pinnatifid (a.) Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib..

Palmatisected :: Palmatisected (a.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted..

Suture :: Suture (n.) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib..

Parted :: Parted (a.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc..

Costal-nerved :: Costal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves spring from the midrib.

Nerve :: Nerve (n.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf..

Feather-veined :: Feather-veined (a.) Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The stem or midrib of a feather.

Conduplicate :: Conduplicate (a.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation..

Costa :: Costa (n.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib..

Divided :: Divided (a.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf..

Midrib :: Midrib (n.) A continuation of the petiole, extending from the base to the apex of the lamina of a leaf..

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