serotinous
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (see further at serotine) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting pertinence or relation to something).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈɹɒtɪnəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /səˈɹɑtɪnəs/
- Hyphenation: ser‧o‧tin‧ous
Adjective
editserotinous (not comparable)
- (biology) Synonym of serotine (“developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season”)
- Synonym: serotinal
- (botany) Of conifer cones: requiring the heat of a wildfire to open, in order to disperse its seed.
Related terms
editTranslations
editsynonym of serotine — see serotine
of conifer cones: requiring the heat of a wildfire to open
References
edit- ^ “serotinous, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
Further reading
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₁- (long)
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
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