Channeled ?
Nhu Nguyen (Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:36:25 PDT)
Hello David,
It is a longitudinal depression along the mid-vein found in some leaves. If
you could imagine taking a leaf and slicing it transversally, you will see
that the cut forms a 'V' or sometimes a 'U'. Leaves of sedges are often
channeled. Hope that helps.
Nhu
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:21 PM, David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
Hello all,
In several places, including in this forum, I have seen the adjective
'channeled', e.g. channeled leaves, channeled tepals, etc. I have looked
this word up in the glossaries of most of my plant books, but can't find
it. Perhaps I am dense, but I don't understand what it means. Could
someone in this forum please explain what this means?
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