intercalary.
Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
Meaning & usage
Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
Inserted between other things
Inserted between other things of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
Inserted between other things of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
Where this word comes from
From Latin intercalārius, from intercalāris, from intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”).
Such a time period
Where this word comes from
From Latin intercalārius, from intercalāris, from intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”).
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