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Midrib

The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.

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noun

1
The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
2
The continuation of the petiole of a pinnately compound leaf around which the leaflets attach.

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leafnoun	The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
costanoun	(anatomy) Synonym of rib.
ribnoun	(anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
veinnoun	(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
coastnoun	The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
côte	Côte Restaurants Group Limited, trading as Côte (formerly Côte Brasserie), stylised as CÔTE is a French-style British restaurant chain founded by Richard Caring, Andy Bassadone, Chris Benians and Nick Fiddler in Wimbledon, London in 2007.
middle ribnoun	(botany) The main vein of a simple leaf or leaflet, running from the petiole to its apex, and from which the other veins usually spread.
midveinnoun	(botany) The main vein of a simple leaf or leaflet, running from the petiole to its apex, and from which the other veins usually spread.
radiusnoun	(geometry) A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.
veinletnoun	A small or secondary vein, especially on the wing of an insect or the leaf of a plant.
microphyllnoun	(botany) A very small leaf
megaphyllnoun	(botany) A leaf having an internally branching system of veins, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf.
rachisnoun	(ornithology) The central shaft of a feather.
venationnoun	(botany, entomology) The arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.
skeletonnoun	(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
radicelnoun	(botany) A small branch of a root; a rootlet.
ramicaulnoun	(botany) A stem that bears a single leaf (as in some orchids)
ramulusnoun	(zoology) A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
stringnoun	(countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
strapnoun	A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.