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prettygoodwordnervure (NUR-vyoor) - n., a vein of a) a leaf or b) an insect wing.
Which are, of course, entirely different kinds of veins -- the leaf veins being vascular bundles that transport nutrients in support of photosynthesis and the wing veins being chitinous ribs mainly there for the structural support. Borrowed from French in 1819, from the same root as nerve, being Latin nervus, sinew or tendon, which was either borrowed from or cognate of Greek neuron, same meanings.
---L.
Which are, of course, entirely different kinds of veins -- the leaf veins being vascular bundles that transport nutrients in support of photosynthesis and the wing veins being chitinous ribs mainly there for the structural support. Borrowed from French in 1819, from the same root as nerve, being Latin nervus, sinew or tendon, which was either borrowed from or cognate of Greek neuron, same meanings.
---L.
