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Definition of Enation
1. Noun. Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family.
2. Noun. A natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ.
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process
Specialized synonyms: Podetium, Peristome, Haustorium, Apophysis, Callus, Blister, Nodule, Tubercle, Spur, Aculeus, Acumen, Fuzz, Hair, Tomentum, Leaf Node, Node, Burl
Definition of Enation
1. n. Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.
Definition of Enation
1. Noun. (botany) A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ. ¹
2. Noun. (botany uncountable) The generation of such an outgrowth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enation
1. an outgrowth from the surface of an organ [n -S]
Medical Definition of Enation
1. An epidermal outgrowth. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enation
Literary usage of Enation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"If it be admitted for emergences and hairs that new organs, not pre-existent in
the race, can originate by enation, are we to take a different view for ..."
2. Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual by Maxwell Tylden Masters (1869)
"enation from the corolla.—The instances of this are more frequent than in the
case of the calyx, and admit of classification according as they occur in ..."
3. Heredity and Evolution in Plants by Charles Stuart Gager (1920)
"He also calls attention to the fact that the sporophyte (sporo- gonium) of mosses
and liverworts has never been known to produce by enation or otherwise, ..."
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