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tenui-|tɛnjuːɪ| Combining form of L. tenuis ‘thin, narrow, slender’, in scientific use in adjectives, as ˌtenuiˈcostate [L. costa rib], having slender ribs; so ˌtenuiˈfasciate [L. fascia band], ˌtenuiˈflorous [L. flōs, flōrem flower], ˌtenuiˈfolious [L. folium leaf], having narrow or thin leaves, ˈtenuipede [L. pēs, ped-em foot], ˌtenuiˈstriate [L. stria groove], having slender striæ.
1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tenuicostatus,..*tenuicostate.
Ibid., Tenuiflorus,..*tenuiflorous.
1657Physical Dict., *Tenuifolious, thin leav'd. 1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iv, Why Coniferous trees are tenuifolious or narrow⁓leaved? 1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tenuifolius,..tenuifolious.
Ibid., Tenuipes,..having the feet small and compressed: *tenuipede.
Ibid., Tenuistriatus,..*tenuistriate. |