enation

e·na·tion

E0122550 (ē-nā′shən)n. An outgrowth on the surface of a leaf or other plant part.

enation

(iːˈneɪʃən) n1. (Botany) botany an epidermal outgrowth from a plant body or organ2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) the maternal line of descent

e•na•tion

(iˈneɪ ʃən)

n. a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usu. on a leaf, caused by virus infection. [1835–45; < Latin ēnāt(us) sprouted]

enation

the maternal relationship.See also: Relationship

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	enation - line of descent traced through the maternal side of the familycognation, matrilineageunilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
	2.	enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organplant processappendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"podetium - an organ or body resembling a stalk; especially the outgrowth of the thallus of certain lichens on which the ascocarp is borneperistome - (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsulehaustorium - a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the hostapophysis - (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain coniferscallus - (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchidblister - (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skinnodule, tubercle - small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plantspur - tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowersaculeus - a stiff sharp-pointed plant processacumen - a tapering pointfuzz, tomentum, hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"leaf node, node - (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emergeburl - a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree