Associations to the word «Intercalary»
Wiktionary
INTERCALARY, adjective. (of a time period) inserted between others; leap (as in leap day or leap year)
INTERCALARY, adjective. (botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
INTERCALARY MERISTEM, noun. (botany) A meristem found as a "slice" within an organ and allowing lengthening in a middle position.
Dictionary definition
INTERCALARY, adjective. Having a day or month inserted to make the calendar year correspond to the solar year: "Feb. 29 is an intercalary day"; "a leap year is an intercalary year".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.