Vernation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The appearance of new leaves. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens wordnet
  3. 3
    The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Arrangement of only leaves within the bud; prefoliation. countable, uncountable

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foliationfoliationleafing

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.

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