venose, a.
(viːˈnəʊs)
[ad. L. vēnōs-us (whence also It., Sp., Pg. venoso), f. vēna vein n.]
Venous; spec. in Bot. and Ent. (see quots.).
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 321 The short vessels arteriose and venose. Ibid., By this branch of the artery it passeth to the spleen..; by the venose branches to the trunk of the vas breve. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, Venose Leaf, that on the surface of which there are a vast number of branched vessels, which frequently unite in an odd manner one with another. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. (1765) 184 Venose, veiny; when the Vessels are branched all over the Leaves, and their Anastomose[s] or Joinings are plain to the naked Eye. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 290 Venose,..painted with lines that branch like veins. 1828 Ibid. (ed. 2) xxxix. 91 The arterial and venose currents [in insects]. 1866 Treas. Bot. 1208/1 Indirectly venose is when lateral veins are combined within the margin, and emit other little veins. |
Hence veˈnosely adv.
| 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 271 The disks and ridges..venosely furcate, or reticulate. |