Examples of venation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Growers like Proven Winners have a dozen or so new varieties of the showy aroid this year alone, ranging from dark red with green edges (‘Scarlet Flame’) to red-speckled white leaves with dark green edges and venation (‘Splash of Wine’). — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 10 Jan. 2020 The bloom is golden with a tracery of magenta venation. — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 21 Feb. 2018 Sarracenia flava, the yellow pitcher, has chartreuse flowers and pitchers, though often with marked venation and natural variation. — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 3 July 2017 Damage from hungry insects, cold weather or parasites can interrupt leaves’ normal venation patterns. — Laura Sanders, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2010 Sarracenia leucophylla, the white-top pitcher, is another southern pitcher and perhaps the showiest, with the white upper areas of the tubes contrasting strikingly with darker venation. — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 3 July 2017

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