produced, flowering, or developing late in the season
noun
2.
either of two insectivorous bats, Eptesicus serotinus or Vespertilio serotinus: family Vespertilionidae
Word origin
C16: from Latin sērōtinus late, from sērus late; applied to the bats because they fly late in the evening
Examples of 'serotinous' in a sentence
serotinous
The serotinous inflorescences are complex synflorescences consisting ol numerous, highly condensed, double racemes (homoeothetic dibotrya).
E. G. H. Oliver, A. C. Fellingman 1994, 'A new serotinous species of Cliffortia (Rosaceae) from the southwestern Capewith notes on Cliffortia arborea', Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservationhttps://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/765. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, different mechanisms also induce the opening of serotinous cones in the absence of fire in variably serotinous species.
Ruth C Martín-Sanz, Marta Callejas-Díaz, Jeanne Tonnabel, José M Climent 2017, 'Maintenance costs of serotiny in a variably serotinous pine: The role of water supply.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5521817?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)