veinal
English
Etymology
From vein + -al.
Adjective
veinal (not comparable)
- (now chiefly botany) Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf. [from 15th c.]
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 56:
- 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 2016, p. 56:
Anagrams
- Lavine, alevin, alvine, leavin', levain, valine, venial, vineal