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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
nervure
 
SYLLABICATION:ner·vure
PRONUNCIATION:  nûrvyr
NOUN:1. Botany See vein (sense 2). 2. Zoology See vein3).
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Old French nerveure, strap, from nerf, sinew, from Latin nervus. See nerve.
 
 
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