
1) Arrangement
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the arrangement of unexpanded leaves in a bud; the order of unfolding of leaves from a bud.
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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 consists of 2 to 5 needles. All the leaves on one section of branch gro...
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the arrangement of young leaves or fronds in a bud or at a stem apex, e.g. erect or circinnate, q.v.
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arrangement or formation of leaves in the bud
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• (n.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
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(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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the arrangement of leaves within a bud
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<plant biology> The arrangement of unexpanded leaves in a bud. ... Compare: aestivation. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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the arrangement of leaves within a bud
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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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The disposition or arrangement of leaves in the bud.
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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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noun (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens
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The arrangement of the leaves of the budleaf (youngest leaf) and the surrounding sheath. A folded vernation has the leaves folded in a V-shape with the margins meeting, but not overlapping. A rolled vernation has the leaves curled such that the margins are overlapping.
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