Youth-on-age (Noun)
Meaning
Vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The youth-on-age habit of the plant allows it to propagate new offsets from the base of the parent plant.
- In botany, the term "youth-on-age" refers to this unique characteristic of having juvenile plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk.
- The youth-on-age growth pattern of this herb enables it to spread rapidly and form dense colonies.
- This vigorous perennial herb exhibits a distinctive youth-on-age habit, with young plants emerging from the base of the parent plant.
- The youth-on-age habit of this plant is an adaptation that allows it to quickly colonize new areas and outcompete other vegetation.