different between nervation vs neuration

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin nervus (“nerve, sinew”), perhaps via French nervation.

Noun

nervation (plural nervations)

1. A pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf.

   His parchment skin eerily displayed a blood-red nervation.

Synonyms

• venation

Related terms

• nerved
• nerveless
• nervure

Translations

Anagrams

• vernation

French

Etymology

From nerver (“to fit with nerves”), from Latin nervus (“nerve, sinew”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nervation f (plural nervations)

1. nervation, pattern of nerves, e.g. as seen on a leaf

Synonyms

• veinure

Related terms

• nerf m
• nerval (adjective)
• nervure
• nervurer

Further reading

• “nervation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

neuro- +? -ation

Noun

neuration (plural neurations)

1. (biology) The arrangement or distribution of veins (nerves), as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect.
   • 1891, George Bowdler Buckton, Monograph of the British Cicadae or Tettigidae (volume 2, page 81)

     Some examples are very dark in colour, and then the pale neurations on the elytra become almost obsolete.

Synonyms

• nervation