Meanings
venation1
plural venations
- countableuncountablebiologyThe arrangement of veins in a leaf, wing, or similar structure.
For instance, native plants in the Mascarenes developed several adaptations, such as serrated leafs^([sic]) and leafs^([sic]) with red venation, to deter tortoise browsing (Cheke & Hume, 2010).
2017 March 1, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian
venation2
- obsoleteuncountableThe hunting of wild animals.
There are extant of his in Greek, four books of Cynegeticks or Venation, five of Halieuticks or Piscation, commented and published by Ritterhusius; wherein describing beasts of venery and fishes
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
venation · noun
- Latinvēna“vein”
- Englishvenation
From Latin vēna (“vein”) + -ation.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →venation · noun
- Latinvēnātio
- Englishvenation
Borrowed from Latin vēnātio. Doublet of venison and venatio.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan venació
- venacióstate of having veins, or pattern of veins
Finnish suonikkuus, suonitus
- suonikkuusstate of having veins, or pattern of veins
- suonitusstate of having veins, or pattern of veins
German Geäder
- Geäderstate of having veins, or pattern of veins
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Cite this entry
venation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venation
“venation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “venation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venation.
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