Serotiny
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005757
An ecological adaptation in which some seeds are retained in long-closed cones within the plant canopy for a year or more and are released only in response to an environmental trigger, e.g., wildfires.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-005757 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Plant Production, Gardening |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Plant characteristics; Seed cones; Plant adaptation |
| Translations | Spanish: serotina |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-005757",
"term": "Serotiny",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "An ecological adaptation in which some seeds are retained in long-closed cones within the plant canopy for a year or more and are released only in response to an environmental trigger, e.g., wildfires.",
"subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
"see_also": [
"plant characteristics",
"seed cones",
"plant adaptation"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "serotina"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/serotiny/"
}
Record 5,674 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.