intercalary
IPA: ɪntɝkˈeɪɫɝi
noun
- Such a time period
adjective
- Describing a time period inserted between others; leap, (as in leap day, leap month, or leap year)
- (sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things
- (botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
- (entomology) of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.
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