serotinal

serotinal

See also: sérotinal

English

Etymology

From serotine +‎ -al.

Adjective

serotinal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to or occurring in late summer
   • 1983, Philip K. Jason, Near the Fire, Dryad Press, p. 67

     the night condenses into me, allays the bonds of my serotinal blight.

     Count Dracula and I share in this flight:

     we seek moist shadows underneath the quays,

     in marrow-darkness bid our bodies twist.

   • 1986, Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca, Publishing House of the Academy, vol. 83, p. 114

     In these population dynamic trends obvious differences exist between the aestival and serotinal aspects.

   • 1995, Robert J. Whelan, The Ecology of Fire, Cambridge University Press, p. 96

     Botanists use the word serotinous to describe late-blossoming, and serotinal refers to the late-summer season of the year, especially used in descriptions of life-histories of freshwater organisms (Allaby 1985).

Translations

pertaining to or occurring in late summer

French: sérotinal (fr)

Anagrams

• Orientals, Orléanist, Tiroleans, orientals, relations, tailerons, tensorial