Serotinal

Quick meaning: Serotinal is an adjective meaning (often ecology) Occurring in or pertaining to late summer.

Meaning

(often ecology) Occurring in or pertaining to late summer.

More Meanings

1. (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”).

Example Sentences

In these population dynamic trends obvious differences exist between the aestival and serotinal aspects.

Botanists use the word serotinous to describe late-blossoming, and serotinal refers to the late-summer season of the year, especially used in descriptions of life-histories of freshwater organisms[…].

The psoraleas, prairie clovers and blazing stars would probably occur to all us among the most the most abundant of the secondary species in the vernal, estival and serotinal aspects of the prairies respectively.

The inner (chorionic) surface [of the placenta] exhibits ramifications of the umbilical vessels, and is closely covered on its fœtal side by the amnion; from its placental (outer, serotinal) side multitudes of arborescent vasculi villi arise[…].

Synonyms for serotinal

Depending on context, synonyms include serotinous, serotine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include summersome, aestive, aestivoautumnal, summery, solstitial, midsummery.

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