vernation

[ ver-ney-shuhn ]

/ vərˈneɪ ʃən /

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noun Botany.

the arrangement of the foliage leaves within the bud.

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Origin of vernation

1785–95; <New Latin vernātiōn- (stem of vernātiō), equivalent to Latin vernāt(us) (past participle of vernāre to be verdant; see vernal, -ate¹) + -iōn--ion

Words nearby vernation

vernal equinox, vernal grass, vernalization, vernalize, vernal pool, vernation, Vernazza, Verne, Verne, Jules, Verner, Verner's law

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How to use vernation in a sentence

Grew deals also with the vernation of leaves, and methods of bud protection.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
Ferns, with fronds circinate in vernation, bearing the fructification on the under surface or beneath the margin.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
Its leaves, however, had neither the vernation nor the pellucid dots of Myrtaceous trees.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia|Ludwig Leichhardt
All genuine aquatic types have leaves involute in vernation?
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The|William Griffith

In spring the terminal buds of saplings best show the peculiarity of the tree's vernation.
Trees Worth Knowing|Julia Ellen Rogers

British Dictionary definitions for vernation

vernation

/ (vɜːˈneɪʃən) /

noun

the way in which leaves are arranged in the bud

Word Origin for vernation

C18: from New Latin vernātiō, from Latin vernāre to be springlike, from vēr spring

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Scientific definitions for vernation

vernation

[ vûr-nā′shən ]

The arrangement of young foliage leaves within a bud. The coiled arrangement of young leaves in fern fiddleheads is known as circinate vernation and protects the delicate leaf tips as they develop.