vernation noun.
[vǝ:'neɪʃ(ǝ)n] L18.[Latin vernatio(n-) a snake's sloughing of its skin in spring, from vernare show springtime growth, from vernus: see VERNAL, -ATION.]1. Botany. The arrangement of bud scales or young leaves in a bud. Cf.
AESTIVATION 2,
PTYXIS.
L18.2. Plant growth, as characteristic of spring. Now
rare or
obsolete.
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