noun
- A blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart.
- usage: "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"
- synonyms: vena, venous blood vessel
- A distinctive style or manner.
- usage: "he continued in this vein for several minutes"
- Any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.
- synonyms: nervure
- A layer of ore between layers of rock.
- synonyms: mineral vein
- One of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect.
- synonyms: nervure
verb
- Make a veinlike pattern. .
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