n. The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud.
n. Arrangement of only leaves within the bud; prefoliation.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The arrangement of the leaves within the leaf bud, as regards their folding, coiling, rolling, etc.; prefoliation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In botany, the disposition of the nascent leaves within the bud, not with reference to their insertion, but with regard to their folding, coiling, etc., taken singly or together.
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n. (botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens
Word Usage
"= A form of vernation in which the leaf is rolled inward from its edges."