vernaular.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 the language or dialect of a particular country (Latin gave place to the vernacular).
2 the language of a particular clan or group.
3 homely speech.

--adj.

1 (of language) of one's native country; not of foreign origin or of learned formation.
2 (of architecture) concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings.

vernacularism n. vernacularity n. vernacularize v.tr. (also -ise). vernacularly adv. [L vernaculus domestic, native f. verna home-born slave]

vernaular.html - adj.
of, in, or appropriate to spring (vernal equinox; vernal breezes).

vernal grass a sweet-scented European grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum, grown for hay.

vernally adv. [L vernalis f. vernus f. ver spring]

vernaular.html - n.
(also -isation) the cooling of seed before planting, in order to accelerate flowering.

vernalize v.tr. (also -ise). [(transl. of Russ. yarovizatsiya) f. VERNAL]

vernaular.html - n.
Bot. the arrangement of leaves in a leaf-bud (cf. AESTIVATION). [mod.L vernatio f. L vernare bloom (as VERNAL)]

vernaular.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 the language or dialect of a particular country (Latin gave place to the vernacular).
2 the language of a particular clan or group.
3 homely speech.

--adj.

1 (of language) of one's native country; not of foreign origin or of learned formation.
2 (of architecture) concerned with ordinary rather than monumental buildings.

vernacularism n. vernacularity n. vernacularize v.tr. (also -ise). vernacularly adv. [L vernaculus domestic, native f. verna home-born slave]

vernaular.html - adj.
of, in, or appropriate to spring (vernal equinox; vernal breezes).

vernal grass a sweet-scented European grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum, grown for hay.

vernally adv. [L vernalis f. vernus f. ver spring]