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midrib

[ UK /mˈɪdɹɪb/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪdɹɪb/ ]
NOUN
  1. the vein in the center of a leaf

How To Use midrib In A Sentence

  • Brown midrib corn (BMR) is lower in lignin content (about half of normal corn silage), and 6 to 8 percentage units higher in total plant digestibility. “Going Up the Corn Crib” | clusterflock
  • Not only the flowering heads but also the stems and the midribs of the main leaves were eaten.
  • The first and the second glumes are empty, subequal, narrowly linear with a strong midrib which is produced into a long capillary awn. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
  • This variety, developed well before the 17th century, has no proper head but instead wide, spreading leaves with very thick midribs.
  • The _leaf-blade_ is very long 1/6 to 1/4 inch broad, auricled at the base, narrowed into very finely acuminate or capillary tips midrib prominent; scaberulous on both the surfaces and with long hairs on the auricles. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
  • During plant culture, the diameter of the hypocotyl and the length of the midrib of primary and subsequent leaves was measured.
  • One leaf disc with known area was detached from each leaf, avoiding major veins and the midrib.
  • Petiole 2-6 mm, puberulent and ± setose; leaf blade papery, oblong to oblong - lanceolate, 5-11 × 1. 5-3.5 cm; base cuneate; margin ciliate; apex obtuse and mucronate; abaxial surface densely gray-white-pubescent, yellow-brown setose along midrib; adaxial surface sparsely to densely puberulent when young. Find Me A Cure
  • Faint lateral veins spread from a somewhat prominent midrib.
  • After this, they enter the leaf midribs and eventually the stalk through which they tunnel, weakening the plant and reducing potential ear size.
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