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ner·vure

(nûr′vyər)

1. Botany See vein.

2. Zoology See vein.

[French, from Old French nerveure, strap, from nerf, sinew, from Latin nervus; see nerve.]

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nervure

(ˈnɜːvjʊə)

1. (Zoology) entomol any of the stiff chitinous rods that form the supporting framework of an insect's wing; vein

2. (Botany) botany any of the veins or ribs of a leaf

[C19: from French; see nerve, -ure]

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ner•vure

(ˈnɜr vyʊər)

n.

a vein, as of a leaf or the wing of an insect.

[1810–20; < French: rib. See nerve, -ure]

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Noun	1.	nervure - any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ vein fibrovascular bundle, vascular bundle, vascular strand - a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem midrib, midvein - the vein in the center of a leaf
	2.	nervure - one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect vein rib - a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

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He says, "It is remarkable for having a sort of drum at the base of the fore wings, between the costal nervure and the subcostal.

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Sepals presented the abaxial face of green color, characteristic of the floral bud, with prominent central nervure, while the adaxial face was white.

Floral biology and physicochemical characterization of wild passion fruit Passiflora setacea d.C BRS Perola do Cerrado cultivated in the state of Rio de Janeiro/ Biologia floral e caracterizacao fisico-quimica de frutos do maracujazeiro silvestre Passiflora setacea d.C cv. BRS Perola do Cerrado cultivado no estado do Rio de Janeiro

In this study, we have used the geometry of the Populus tremuloides leaf, which is a common North American species (Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA) [10] to design a new antenna and investigate the effect of the leaf contour and nervure network on the performances of the structure.

Investigation of a Random-Fractal Antenna Based on A Natural Tree-Leaf Geometry

The leaves of each sample, had their central nervure taken and were crushed in liquid nitrogen.

The presence of Microlobius foetidus cause changes in the antioxidant defense of Urochloa decumbens?/A presenca de Microlobius foetidus causa alteracoess na defesa antioxidante de Urochloa decumbens?

Areas between nervure in plants are yellow by zinc deficient.

The importance of micronutrients in agricultural production

Dans une lettre publiee dans la revue La Nouvelle Francaise, datee du 1er janvier 1914, le critique Henri Gheon parle de la phrase proustienne comme d'un "morceau" indifferencie, qui place et nivelle sur le meme plan, un fait divers, un etat psychologique, la nervure d'une feuille ou le rire idiot d'une courtisane.

Los Angeles: une fiction proustienne

<< Remaniements cliniques face a la diversite culturelle: le cas de l'Unite de Consultation Interculturelle >>, Nervure, vol.

Les strategies des familles haitiennes de Montreal quant aux maux de ventre de leurs enfants

From Anaea it differs in having the big head, long and sharply pointed palpi and long stout antennae scarcely thickened towards the point, which are so characteristic of Prepona" and later he added "In neuration this remarkable insect agrees with Prepona Bsd., the first subcostal branches are free as in Prepona and not united to the costal nervure, as in Anaea Hbn." (ROTHSCHILD, 1896).In 1904 Hans FRUHSTORFER in his preliminary study on Prepona placed Anaeomorpha erroneously in a separate section on the basis of the red androconia and the other features described above.

Notas sobre el estado sistematico y la distribucion de la mariposa neotropical Anaeomorpha splendida Rothschild, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Charaxidae)

The larvae were removed to a new piece of this artificial diet on a daily basis until pupation, and the following parameters were subsequently analyzed: percent of adult emergence, duration of immature stage (from egg hatch to adult emergence), egg production during the pre-oviposition period, which is the time until females start laying eggs (15 females from each strain), and adult size (estimated by measuring the wing nervure, [R.sup.4+5] to cu-m, of 15 females from each strain, according to Zucoloto (1987).

Aspectos biologicos y comportamentales de dos colonias de Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae): La influencia de la introduccion rutinaria de moscas silvestres en la colonia

Toute beaute est la manifestation d'une nervure. Une manifestation de cette sorte n'est au demeurant pas seulement ou essentiellement un apparaitre, mais bien plutot un ebranlement, un branchement dont l'electricite peut fournir le modele.