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PRONUNCIATION OF SEROTINOUS

serotinous  [sɪˈrɒtɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEROTINOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Serotinous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEROTINOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

serotinous

Serotiny

Serotiny is an ecological adaptation exhibited by some seed plants, in which seed release occurs in response to an environmental trigger, rather than spontaneously at seed maturation. The most common and best studied trigger is fire, and the term serotiny is often used to refer to this specific case. The term has also been used in the more general sense of plants that release their seed over a long period of time, irrespective of whether release is spontaneous; in this sense the term is synonymous with bradyspory. Possible triggers include ▪ Death of the parent plant or branch ▪ Wetting ▪ Warming by the sun ▪ Drying atmospheric conditions ▪ Fire ▪ Fire followed by wetting Fire is the most common and best studied case, and the term serotiny is often used where pyriscence is intended. Some plants may respond to more than one of these triggers. For example Pinus halepensis exhibits primarily fire-mediated serotiny, but responds weakly to drying atmospheric conditions. Similarly, some Banksia species are strongly serotinous with respect to fire, but also release some seed in response to plant or branch death.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEROTINOUS


battiness
ˈbætɪnəs
bittiness
ˈbɪtɪnəs
chitinous
ˈkaɪtɪnəs
clottiness
ˈklɒtɪnəs
cretinous
ˈkrɛtɪnəs
dustiness
ˈdʌstɪnəs
emptiness
ˈɛmptɪnəs
fattiness
ˈfætɪnəs
feistiness
ˈfaɪstɪnəs
fruitiness
ˈfruːtɪnəs
gelatinous
dʒɪˈlætɪnəs
glutinous
ˈɡluːtɪnəs
grittiness
ˈɡrɪtɪnəs
keratinous
kəˈrætɪnəs
knottiness
ˈnɒtɪnəs
mateyness
ˈmeɪtɪnəs
mountainous
ˈmaʊntɪnəs
mutinous
ˈmjuːtɪnəs
nuttiness
ˈnʌtɪnəs
ricketiness
ˈrɪkɪtɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEROTINOUS

seropositivity
seropurulent
seropus
serosa
serosal
serosity
serotaxonomy
serotherapy
serotinal
serotine
serotiny
serotonergic
serotonin
serotoninergic
serotype
serous
serous fluid
serous membrane
serousness
serovar

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEROTINOUS

aluminous
bituminous
cartilaginous
conterminous
coterminous
heinous
luminous
mucilaginous
mucinous
nous
numinous
oleaginous
ominous
pulchritudinous
resinous
ruinous
spinous
tendinous
vertiginous
villainous
voluminous

Synonyms and antonyms of serotinous in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «serotinous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEROTINOUS

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Translator English - Chinese

晚熟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

serotinous
570 millions of speakers

English

serotinous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

serotinous
380 millions of speakers
ar

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serotinous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

serotinous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

serotinous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

serotinous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sérotineux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Serotinous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

serotinous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遅咲きの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

serotinous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serotinous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có hoa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்னேர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Serotinous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

serotinous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serotinous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

serotinous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

serotinous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

serotinous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βραδύχωρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloeiend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

serotinous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

serotinous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of serotinous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEROTINOUS»

The term «serotinous» is used very little and occupies the 181.547 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEROTINOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about serotinous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEROTINOUS»

Discover the use of serotinous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to serotinous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and Landscape
The thick line refers to average cone-opening temperatures for trees with serotinous cones that apparently are distributed normally around 57°C. The other curves are for cones from three serotinous-coned trees. Cones of different trees open ...
Richard Forman, 2012
2
Fire Ecology: United States and Southern Canada
Obviously none of the lodgepole pine stands of the Rocky Mountains appear to have only serotinous cones and many have less than 50 percent serotinous cones. Lotan (1975a) concluded that young trees a few decades old have a greater ...
Henry A. Wright, 1982
3
Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus
Strongly serotinous species have little to no seed dispersal in the absence of fire and thus are clearly fire-dependent. Serotinous species typically generate dense even-aged stands: for example, Lowery (1984) reported over 4ooooo ...
David M. Richardson, 2000
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Issues in Forestry Research and Application: 2011 Edition
“Aleppo pine is an important serotinous tree species in the low altitude, near- coastal Mediterranean Basin. Differences in serotinous and non-serotinous cones have been detected previously but in order to resolve a gap in the knowledge on ...
‎2012
5
Novel Food and Feed Safety Safety Assessment of Transgenic ...
In the serotinous cones of subsp. latifolia, stored seeds are in the millions per hectare and the number of seeds stored is probably 10 times that of seeds produced annually (Lotan, 1975). The serotinous cone habit varies over a wide range of ...
OECD, 2010
6
Terrestrial Vegetation of California
Michael G. Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Allan A. Schoenherr. Closed-Cone Pine and Cypress Forests MICHAEL G. BARBOUR TABLE 11.1 California Conifers Recognized as being Serotinous in This. INTRODUCTION CYPRESS FORESTS  ...
Michael G. Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Allan A. Schoenherr, 2007
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Fire in the Forest
However, serotinous structures can sometimes be opened by a surface fire. For example, in the Australian mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) a surface fire, which does not scorch the canopy, may girdle and kill the stem, causing the capsules ...
Peter A. Thomas, Robert S. McAlpine, 2010
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Fire Ecology in Rocky Mountain Landscapes
BOX 8.1 Serotiny in Lodgepole Pine Lodgepole pine has cones that open when mature, and it also has closed or serotinous cones that require heat to melt the resin that holds the cone scales together, preventing seed release. Serotinous ...
William L. Baker, 2009
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Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and, Evolution of Dormancy and ...
The frequency of fire in the habitat appears to play a role in the level of serotiny, i.e., proportion of serotinous vs. nonserotinous seed-bearing structures, such as cones. Level of serotiny in trees of Pinus halepensis in the Judean Mountains ...
Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, 2014
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Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European ...
Pine species that have evolved under a fire regime characterized by frequent, high intensity events have serotinous cones in order to reassure their post-fire regeneration (see Chap. 6). This is the case of the thermophilous species Pinus ...
Francisco Moreira, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEROTINOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term serotinous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smoke and fires
For example germination adaptations include hard-coated seeds and serotinous cones that lie dormant until a fire passes. Under less severe fire situations, ... «The Battlefords News-Optimist, Jul 15»
2
Climate change more worrisome than fire for wildlife
There are trees like jackpines that have cones, serotinous cones that will only open after a wildfire. After a fire, we have these images of a desolate landscape, ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
3
Climate Change Threatens South Hills Crossbill
Here, more than 90 percent of individual lodgepole pine trees are serotinous, with seed release triggered by fire. As the cones weather gradually over years, ... «Twin Falls Times-News, Jun 15»
4
Common ninebark Common ninebark.
The cones are serotinous, meaning that they can withstand a lot of heat and will open ... The thick bark and serotinous cones enable them to withstand moderate ... «Frederick News Post, Jun 15»
5
Don't blame bark beetles for fire risk
The beetles are an indicator of drought (global warming?). Since many populations of lodge pole pine have serotinous cones, these fires are also necessary for ... «High Country News, Mar 15»
6
Here's a chance to get fired up about native flora
It had serotinous cones which remained "glued" together until extreme heat melted the resin and released the seeds. The Flock Hill fire would provide a boon of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
7
Nature Journal: Table Mountain pine flourishes in WNC
In closed stands on western and northern exposures, however, the cones are distinctly serotinous; that is, they require heat from a fire to melt the resin before ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jan 15»
8
Plants can actually take care of their offspring – here's how
The special characteristic about M. hernandezii is that it is serotinous, which means that it will keep a portion of the seeds that it produces inside the stem, and ... «The Conversation UK, Oct 14»
9
Mountain pine beetles get a bad rap for wildfires, study says
Tree seedlings were most numerous where more of the fire-killed trees bore the fire-adapted, or serotinous, cones. Beetle-killed trees likely contributed to ... «University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sep 14»
10
High anxiety
Serotinous cones open with fire and are nourished by the soil that's been burned. I reminded myself of that,” she said. “Even though fire burned things it's ... «Methow Valley News, Aug 14»

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