camptodrome

adjective

camp·​to·​drome

ˈkam(p)təˌdrōm

: having a bent course

—used of a form of leaf venation in which the secondary veins curve forward before reaching the margin of the leaf and anastomose in arches

Word History

Etymology

probably from New Latin camptodromus, from campto- + -dromus -dromous

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