The leaves when magnified are seen to be composed of a single layer of cells, except the midrib, which is made up of several thicknesses of elongated cells. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
The first and the second glumes are empty, subequal, narrowly linear with a strong midrib which is produced into a long capillary awn. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Something is made of the midrib which is in great demand at Rome, on the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2] Reference
= Cleft nearly, but not quite to the base or midrib. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Capital walking-sticks are made of the midrib of the leaf. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Pick a pound of spinach, throwing away the stalks and midrib. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference
Lauro-cerasus and Laurocerasus mid-rib and midrib outgrowth and out-growth. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Wire must also be laid on all the side ribs or veins leading to the midrib. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The lower palea of this plant forms an inverted flower-bud upon its midrib. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
These are oblong and pointed, and the centre is traversed by a delicate midrib. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
The leaves are simple, and except for the midrib are only one layer of cells thick. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The branches are flattened and leaf-like, the centre traversed by a thickened midrib. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
The leaf stalk and midrib and veins are stiff and strong to keep the leaves spread out. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
In most cases the midrib is prominent and in some cases there may be also a distinct keel. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The dark green thallus has an ill-defined midrib, and is composed of parenchymatous cells. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
These half-fronds are neither so durable nor so serviceable as if the midrib is left entire. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
Moreover, the anteposed sepal is exactly like the other, has a good midrib and an entire point. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Another way is to cut the midrib in the center at the small end and tear the frond into two pieces. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
He saw too, that if the leaves had their veins running parallel with the midrib they would be stronger. From Wordnik.com. [An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls] Reference
This thatch is made by bending back on the midrib every alternate spike till all the spikes lie parallel. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
There is a distinct midrib and, on holding the leaf against the light, four or five small veins come in to view. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The leaves, as in all the order, are very large, and have a thick midrib with lateral veins running to the margin. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
Where the leaf is one cell thick, the cells are oblong in form, becoming narrower as they approach the midrib and the margin. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
The appearance presented is as if four wings projected from the midrib, so that a cross section would be nearly in the form of. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Their growth proceeds by means of a two-sided apical cell, and the midrib does not become more than one cell thick until later. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Begin the leaf in the center and continue on each side of the midrib till the edge is reached and the leaf has a thick coating of wax. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The midrib is prominent though slender at the base and four veins are present on each side with five or six smaller ones between them. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
At the base of each pair of leaflets, on the midrib, is a crater-formed gland, which, when the leaves are young, secretes a honey-like liquid. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
In each leaf, at the base of the laminæ, the petiole, or stalk, is furnished with a couple of pouches, divided from each other by the midrib. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The most formidable difficulty which presented itself was the management of the midrib, which in the large leaves was extremely coarse and juicy. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
When the leaves were made up into hands for the purpose of fermentation before the midrib was thoroughly dry, the result was invariably mould and discoloration. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Then lay a wire along the midrib or center of the leaf, fasten it in the wax by pressing, care being taken to leave it long enough for eight or nine inches of stem. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
In the instance figured (fig. 210) the new growths proceeded almost exclusively from the thick midrib, which, in the figure, is shown cut through just above the base. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
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