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vernation(dictionary)

vernation (iou)



vernation noun. L18.
[Latin vernatio(n-) a snake's sloughing of its skin in spring, from vernare show springtime growth, from vernus: see VERNAL, -ATION.]
Botany. The arrangement of bud scales or young leaves in a bud. Cf. AESTIVATION 2, PTYXIS. L18.
Plant growth, as characteristic of spring. Now rare or obsolete. E19.