enation

Noun

enation (countable and uncountable, plural enations)

1. A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
   • In field infections, the enations are very small and appear as gray streaks on the backs of the leaves. However, conspicuous enations appear on plants inoculated and reared in the glasshouse (Lindsten, 1961a; Catherall, 1970).1977, Robert G. Milne, Osvaldo Lovisolo, “Maize Rough Dwarf and Related Viruses”, in Karl Maramonosch, Max A Lauffer, editors, Advances in Virus Research, volume 21, page 282
   • Irrespective of how the terminal position of sporangia on short lateral branches evolved, we should keep in mind that it was an important step in positioning the developing sporangia so that they could be protected by enations and microphylls.1993, Wilson Nichols Stewart, Gar W. Rothwell, Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants, page 113

   Synonyms:

   gall

2. (uncountable) The generation of such an outgrowth.
   • Enation is characterized by the formation of very small, leaflike outgrowths — enations — from the lower surface of leaves, usually along the larger veins (fig. 116).1965, Albert Julius Winkler, General Viticulture, page 416
   • Wallace and Drake (1960, 1961) reported that the woody-gall problem found in Peru, South Africa and Australia was related to vein enation.1991, Chester N. Roistacher, Graft-Transmissible Diseases of Citrus: Handbook for Detection and Diagnosis, page 145
3. The property of being enate.