venose

9.9

Having thin lines like the veins in leaves or insect wings

adjective
/ˈviːnoʊs/

Specialized

: venoso

The leaf's venose pattern made it easy to identify the species.

Examples

She admired the venose texture on the butterfly's wings under the microscope.
The venose leaves of the plant are quite striking.
The painting featured a venose network running across the marble surface.
Look at how venose the wings of that butterfly are!
She admired the venose texture on the butterfly's wings under the microscope.
The leaf's venose pattern made it easy to identify the species.
The venose leaves of the plant are quite striking.

Synonyms

veiny

vsvenose

2 3.9

Having many visible thin lines or ridges under the skin, often on arms

describes markings that resemble veins without requiring actual raised veins

veinlike

vsvenose

6.8

A pattern of thin lines like those on a leaf or in marble

is used especially for leaves or insect wings rather than general patterns

veined

vsvenose

4.4

Having lines and marks like those on a leaf or marble

is focused more on natural examples such as leaves and wings

veinous

vsvenose

Specialized

8.2

Showing many thin lines like those in leaves or marble

refers to markings that look like veins rather than bodily or tissue veins

veinal

vsvenose

Specialized

9.9

About the veins in a plant's leaves or stem

covers visual markings that resemble veins broadly rather than plant tissue concerns

Surface Forms

venose positive

Morphology

venose = vein (semi-transparent) = veno + ose

The form 'veno-' clearly relates to 'vein', but the adjectival suffix '-ose' is relatively rare and the adjective is technical, so the relation may not be immediately obvious to average learners.

Etymology

Venose comes from the Latin vena meaning 'vein' and the ending -ose meaning 'full of'. So something described as venose is 'full of' vein-like lines, like the clear veins on a leaf or a butterfly wing.