serotinous

a. 晚熟的, 晚开花的

发音

UK /sɪˈɹɒtɪnəs/
其它
US /səˈɹɑtɪnəs/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    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”).

    生物
  2. 2.

    Of conifer cones: requiring the heat of a wildfire to open, in order to disperse its seed.

    生物 植物学

词源

Borrowed 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).

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