vernal : Idioms & Phrases

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Vernal equinox

  • noun March 21
    March equinox; spring equinox.
  • noun (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces
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  • (Astron.), the time when the sun crosses the equator when proceeding northward.
Webster 1913

Vernal grass

  • (Bot.), a low, soft grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), producing in the spring narrow spikelike panicles, and noted for the delicious fragrance which it gives to new-mown hay; also called sweet vernal grass. See Illust. in Appendix.
Webster 1913

vernal iris

  • noun low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers
    dwarf iris; Iris verna.
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Vernal signs

  • (Astron.), the signs, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, in which the sun appears between the vernal equinox and summer solstice.
Webster 1913

vernal witch hazel

  • noun fragrant shrub of lower Mississippi valley having very small flowers from midwinter to spring
    Hamamelis vernalis.
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