Enation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Enation is a noun meaning (botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
Meaning
(botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
More Meanings
- (botany, uncountable) The generation of such an outgrowth.
- (grammar) The property of being enate.
Example Sentences
Choose varieties resistant to the pea enation virus for summer crops.
Infected trees are stunted, with narrow leaves, often with large enations on their underside.
Wallace and Drake (1960, 1961) reported that the woody-gall problem found in Peru, South Africa and Australia was related to vein enation.
Enation is characterized by the formation of very small, leaflike outgrowths — enations — from the lower surface of leaves, usually along the larger veins (fig. 116).
Word Forms
- enations
Synonyms for enation
Depending on context, synonyms include gall, cognation, matrilineage.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include matrilineage, cognation, outgrowth, crenation, endotegmen, evagination.
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