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ENATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
Synonyms:
enation; plant process
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("enation" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enation"):
podetium (an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borne)
peristome ((botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule)
haustorium (a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host)
apophysis ((botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers)
callus ((botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid)
blister ((botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin)
nodule; tubercle (small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant)
spur (tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers)
aculeus (a stiff sharp-pointed plant process)
acumen (a tapering point)
fuzz; hair; tomentum (filamentous hairlike growth on a plant)
leaf node; node ((botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge)
burl (a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
Synonyms:
cognation; enation; matrilineage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("enation" is a kind of...):
unilateral descent (line of descent traced through one side of the family)
