VERNATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("vernation" is a kind of...):

arrangement (an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Holonyms ("vernation" is a part of...):

leaf bud (a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop)

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