What is the chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf. (b) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant called?
rib — (Bot.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf. (b) Any longitudinal ridge in a plant. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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