midribs's Usage Examples:

It differs from A. glandulosa chiefly in its spiny bark and in the red midribs of its leaves.

When unfolding they remind one of a finely-cut umbelliferous plant in spring; when fully grown the midribs are red; and in autumn the leaves glow off into a bright color after the fashion of American shrubs.

Cilian Beet (Beta) - B. cicla variegata is a variety of common Beet, the leaves being more than 3 feet long, vivid in color, their midribs varying from dark waxy orange to vivid crimson.

It has been suggested that the red pigment Anthocyan, which is found very commonly in young developing shoots, petioles and midribs, effects a conversion of light rays into heating ones, so facilitating the metabolic processes of the plant.

Metallic blue green with red midribs on red stalks, these leaves are magnificent.

midribs of the leaves were left by the time they had finished!

Beta Cicla variegata: hardy, 2 ft., beautifully coloured leaves and midribs, crimson, golden, 'c.

is thick fleshy leaf of a dark colour, but scraps and waste pieces resulting from the preparation of smoking mixtures and cigars, and the midribs of leaves are largely used.

The fruit is edible and its juice is made into beer; the sap of the tree is made into wine, and its pith into bread; the leaves furnish an excellent thatch, and the fibre extracted from their midribs is used f or fish lines, cordage, hammocks, nets, 'c. and the wood is hard and makes good building' material.

Synonyms:

vein, nervure, midvein,