serotine

noun
/ˈsɛɹətaɪn/UK/ˈsɛɹət(ɪ)n/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French sérotine, from Latin sērōtina, a feminine form of sērōtinus (“late (in ripening, etc.); relating to the evening”) (referring to the bats being active late in the evening), from sērō (“at a late hour; too late”, adverb) (from sērus (“late, too late; slow, tardy”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“lasting; long”)) + -tinus (suffix forming adjectives from adverbs relating to time).

  1. derived from *seh₁- — “lasting; long
  2. derived from sērōtina
  3. borrowed from sérotine

Definitions

  1. Any of the genus Eptesicus of several small bats.

  2. Developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied…

    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.

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