a. [f. VEIN sb.] Having no veins; destitute of veins. Chiefly Bot., of leaves.
1793. Martyn, Lang. Bot., s.v. Venosum, When it [a leaf] has no veins,… it is called Folium Avenium, a veinless leaf.
1832. Lindley, Introd. Bot., 91. Veinless..., when no veins at all are formed, except a slight approach to a costa.
1844. Florist’s Jrnl. (1816), V. 43. Leaves in pairs, oblong, and veinless.
1863. Cornh. Mag., VII. 397. Health gives the bright veinless splendour to the cornea, and lustre to the pupil.
