English Explanatory Dictionary

vernation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The appearance of new leaves.
  2. The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud.
  3. Arrangement of only leaves within the bud; prefoliation.

Word forms

vernation vernations

Etymology

From New Latin vernātiō, from Latin vernāre (“to be verdant, to flourish”) + -tiō (“-tion”, suffix forming abstract nouns), from vernus (“springlike”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥. Equivalent to vernal + -tion.

Synonyms

leafing

Related words

prefloration prefoliation ptyxis
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