Avenious

A`ve´ni`ous


a.1.(Bot.) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Susan quoted some words (ARTEMIDORUS, ARTERIOSUS and AVENIOUS) from specialist biological references--yet the first is in Webster's Second, the second is in Webster's Third (in the term BULBUS ARTERIOSUS), and the third is in the OED etymology of AVENOUS.