veinal

English

Etymology

From vein +‎ -al.

Adjective

veinal (not comparable)

(now chiefly botany) Pertaining to or contained in veins, especially the veins of a leaf. [from 15th c.]
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 56:
  He supplemented the already-satisfying mixture with his secret touch […], which was to employ a sprinkling of Cobalt Blue, this simulating the depleted veinal blood that circulated just below the human epidermis.

Anagrams

Lavine, alevin, alvine, leavin', levain, valine, venial, vineal

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