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serotinous
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Synonym of serotine (“developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season”).
Other meanings
2. adjective
Of conifer cones: requiring the heat of a wildfire to open, in order to disperse its seed.
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