Definitions for midribs

midribs mid·rib

Spelling: [mid-rib]
IPA: /ˈmɪdˌrɪb/

Midribs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in midribs (bdiimrs).

Definitions for midribs

noun

  1. the central or middle rib of a leaf.

Origin of midribs

First recorded in 1690-1700; mid- + rib1

Examples for midribs

Also, she had ten coils of dewarra (cowrie shells threaded on the midribs of the coco-nut leaf, and used as the native currency).

Leaves long and narrow; the veins and midribs green; the head is greenish, and generally covered by the leaves.

The bases of the midribs widen out and wrap round the stem like a kind of sheath, as almost all leaf-stalks do to some extent.

The midribs are removed and the segments are rolled into round bundles, say by fives.

The midribs are removed while green, and the leaves are rolled into bundles of convenient size, say by fives.

The stem of the plant, which arises in the usual way, has no conducting strand and the leaves may or may not have midribs.

The segments are removed from the midribs, rolled into bundles and boiled in clear water for about three hours.

They are usually twice pinnatifid, the pinnules being connected by a very narrow foliaceous border along the midribs.

The leaves are large, with the midribs and veins red; and the branches and pedicels are also of a dark reddish purple.

The midribs and stalks of the leaves are also stewed and eaten as sea-kale, under the name of Swiss chard.

Word Value for midribs
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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