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Definition of vernal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vernal

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