Definition of Midribs

1. Noun. (plural of midrib) ¹

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Definition of Midribs

1. midrib [n] - See also: midrib

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midribs

midquel
midquels
midquestion
midrace
midrange
midranges
midranking
midrapidities
midrapidity
midrash
midrashic
midrashim
midrashot
midrashoth
midrib
midribs (current term)
midriff
midriffs
midrise
midrises
midroll
midround
midrun
mids
midsaggital
midsagittal
midsagittal plane
midsagittal section
midscale
midscene

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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