Venation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Venation \Ve*na"tion\, n. [L. venatio, fr. venari, p. p.
     venatus, to hunt. See {Venison}.]
     The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted.
     [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Venation \Ve*na"tion\, n. [L. vena a vein.]
     The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an
     insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  venation
       n 1: (botany) the arrangement of veins in a leaf
       2: (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal
          [syn: {venous blood system}]