Associations to the word «Vernation»

Wiktionary

VERNATION, noun. The appearance of new leaves.
VERNATION, noun. (botany) The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud.
VERNATION, noun. (botany) Arrangement of only leaves within the bud; prefoliation.

Dictionary definition

VERNATION, noun. (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats