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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vernation /vəːˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun Botany the arrangement of bud scales or young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens. Compare with aestivation.

– origin C18: from mod. L. vernatio(n-), from L. vernare ‘to grow (as in the spring)’.

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