Look up: vernation

1. vernation
   the closely packed convolutions of leaves or fronds developing within a bud Category: Botany and zoology
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2. Vernation
   Ver·na'tion noun [ French vernation : confer Latin vernatio the sloughing of the skin of snakes.] (Botany) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
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3. vernation
   <plant biology> The arrangement of unexpanded leaves in a bud. ... Compare: aestivation. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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4. vernation
   noun (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens
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5. Vernation
   • (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
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6. vernation
   (from the article `fern`) The fern leaf, or pteridophyll, differs from the `true leaf` (euphyll) of the flowering plants in its vernation, or manner of expanding from the bud. ...
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7. vernation
   vernation In botany, the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens. The coiled arrangement of young leaves in fern fiddleheads is known as circinate vernation and protects the delicate leaf tips as they develop.
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8. Vernation
   `Vernation` (from vernal meaning spring, since that is when leaves spring forth in temperate regions) is the formation of new leaves or fronds. In plant anatomy, it is the arrangement of leaves in a bud. In pine trees new leaves are short and encased in sheaths. Each leaf bundle consis...
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