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vernacularise
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vernation
ver·na·tion [ vər náysh'n ]


noun 
Definition:
 
leaf arrangement in bud: the way that young leaves are arranged in a bud
[Late 18th century. < modern Latin vernation-< Latin vernare "grow in the spring" < vernus (see vernal)]
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