Meaning

noun a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

noun a distinctive style or manner

noun any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ

originFrom Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).

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