veinal

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adjective

Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf.

First used 15th c.Scrabble 9
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Meanings

adjectiveveinal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyPertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf.First known use 15th c.

    He supplemented the already-satisfying mixture with his secret touch […], which was to employ a sprinkling of Cobalt Blue, this simulating the depleted veinal blood that circulated just below the human epidermis.

    2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 56

Origin

From vein + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

valineLavinevenialvineallevainalvinealevin
Cite this entry
APA

veinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veinal

MLA

“veinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veinal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “veinal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veinal.

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