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Definition of enation in English English dictionary
- The capacity to produce this type of outgrowth
- A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ
- n (L enasci, to spring up) an abnormal growth of an organ or of an excresence upon any part of a plant
- An abnormal outgrowth (often on the leaf) often induced by virus infection, caused by an increase in cell numbers (hyperplasia) e g gall formation
- A symptom caused by certain plant viruses in which there are small outgrowths on the plant (10)
- a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
- Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth
- line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family