nervation

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nervation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nervation \Ner*va"tion\ (n[~e]r*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
     The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of
     leaves; neuration.
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           The outlines of the fronds of ferns, and their
           nervation, are frail characters if employed alone for
           the determination of existing genera.    --J. D.
                                                    Hooker.
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