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Definition of Midribs
1. midrib [n] - See also: midrib
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midribs
Literary usage of Midribs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Charles Darwin (1875)
"... internodes sensitive—Solatium, thickening of the clasped petioles—Fumaria—Adlumia—Plants
which climb by the aid of their produced midribs — Gloriosa ..."
2. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray (1868)
"Smooth, except sonic bristly-chaffy hairs on the midribs and especially on the
dark-purple and polished stalk ami rhachis. G'- 15' high ; frond coriaceous, ..."
3. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1876)
"... sensitive — Solanum, thickening of the clasped petioles—Fumaria—Adlumia—Plants
which climb by the aid of their produced midribs — Gloriosa ..."
4. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"nate, glandular: pinnae broadest at base, deeply pinnatifid, noticeably short-
hairy below on the midribs or both midribs and ..."
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