SEROTINOUS

Etymology

Adjective

serotinous (not comparable)

(of conifer cones) Requiring the heat of a wildfire to open, in order to disperse its seed.

(botany) Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.

Source: Wiktionary


Se*rot"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. serotinus, fr. serus late.] (Biol.)

Definition: Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




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RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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