Sentence examples for The midrib from inspiring English sources
noun
The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or leaf.
The midrib was excised and the subsequent tissue was sectioned into approximate 5 mm pieces.
The midrib was infected with 10 CFU and incubated at 25 °C for 48 h.
The midrib extends down into the sheath for a short distance as a pronounced ridge.
On the lower side the midrib is often prominent.
Female elytra typically resemble, in their vein pattern, the midrib and veins in a leaf.
The plants have leaves with secondary veins that radiate all along the midrib.
The banana-like leaves sometimes show a coppery sheen, and the midrib may be ivory and pink.
Eggs are very small, orange and usually on the top surface of the leaf right on the midrib.
Simple trichomes are restricted to the midrib region, and paracytic stomata are only observed on the abaxial leaf surface.
The sori vary from bean-shaped to linear and in most genera are positioned along both sides of the midrib of the leaflets or leaf divisions.
In Actinostachys, or the ray ferns (16 species), the blades are reduced to a very narrow strip on either side of the midrib.
