Nervose
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 nerved; having prominent veins. not-comparable
"A foot or more high, leaves oblong-lanceolate, the upper usually ovate-lanceolate and sessile by a nervose veined base; pedicels shorter than the acute lobes of the calyx ; the lower lip or the corolla violet or rose-purple and the upper paler to nearly white; the saccate throat very oblique to the true tube, fully as broad as long; gland short."
- 2 For or pertaining to the nerves. not-comparable
"I ordered an injection to be thrown up three or four times a day, and she took a nervose mixture with tinct. valer. and castor, which method fhe continued till the 22d of December."
Example
More examples"A foot or more high, leaves oblong-lanceolate, the upper usually ovate-lanceolate and sessile by a nervose veined base; pedicels shorter than the acute lobes of the calyx ; the lower lip or the corolla violet or rose-purple and the upper paler to nearly white; the saccate throat very oblique to the true tube, fully as broad as long; gland short."
Etymology
See nervous.
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