Definition of Vernation. Meaning of Vernation. Synonyms of Vernation

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Definition of Vernation

Vernation
Vernation Ver*na"tion, n. [F. vernation: cf. L. vernatio the sloughing of the skin of snakes.] (Bot.) The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.

Meaning of Vernation from wikipedia

- Vernation or leafing is the formation of new leaves or fronds. In plant anatomy, it is the arrangement of leaves in a bud. In pine species, new leaves...
- subgroups, usually on the basis of the pattern of the emerging leaves (vernation). In the era of molecular phylogenetics this characteristic has been shown...
- referred to as praefoliation or prefoliation, but these terms may also mean vernation: the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud. Aestivation can be...
- 35–89 cm long. The leaves exhibit a scalariforme venation and supervolute vernation. Covering the leaves are tiny black glandular punctuates. The berries...
- leaves are initially folded in the bud, but later unrolls it is called vernation, ptyxis is the folding of an individual leaf in a bud. The Latin word...
- separated from each other that the vernation cannot be determined. There are six main types of vernation. In the valvar vernation, the flower pieces may touch...
- on the plant, each fiddlehead would unroll into a new frond (circinate vernation). As fiddleheads are harvested early in the season, before the frond has...
- sepals and petals or their lobes in an unexpanded flower bud. Contrast vernation. aff. (affinis) With affinity to others, akin to; often used for a provisionally...
- flowers, which are the first flowers to bloom after Winter, even before vernation of the leaves of the tree. The symbolism of the nine-branched Chanukkiyah...
- distinguishable for its involute vernation (leaf growth); comparatively, Cryptocoryne tends to exhibit convolute vernation. Helophytes, rarely rheophytes...