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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky