English Explanatory Dictionary

serotine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.
adj
  1. Developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛɹətaɪn/ /-tɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-serotine.wav /ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/ /-ˌtin/ /-ˌtaɪn/

Word forms

serotine serotines more serotine most serotine

Etymology

Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).

Synonyms

serotinal serotinous

Related words

serotiny

Derived words

banana serotine Cape serotine Chiriquinan serotine East African serotine Isalo serotine little black serotine Malagasy serotine meridional serotine Rendall's serotine Roberts's serotine Somali serotine Stanley's serotine Taddei's serotine tiny serotine white-winged serotine Zulu serotine
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