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vernation

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

How To Use vernation In A Sentence

  • Even in face view the involute vernation is easily observed for the brief time that a leaf is emerging.
  • I was immediately struck with the resemblance of those organs, called ramenta, to what are fairly assumed to be the male bodies, in certain other families of the same grand division; and I at once came to the conclusion, that the barren fronds, were barren, because almost destitute of these ramenta; and that as these ramenta were confined to the base of the stalk, that is, to the part below its first ramification, an obvious necessity existed for the peculiar nature of the vernation. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
  • Leaf vernation was observed in at least ten buds per entity, manually dissected under a stereomicroscope.
  • Recently, a third type of leaf vernation has been shown to occur in Primula.
  • Circinate vernation is the unfurling of the leaves over time.
  • This plant also has a folded vernation and a very smooth leaf blade.
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