vernal
adjective/ˈvɜːnl/
/ˈvɜːrnl/
[only before noun] (formal or literary)- connected with the season of spring
- the vernal equinox
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin vernalis, from vernus ‘of the spring’, from ver ‘spring’.Want to learn more?
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