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spring ephemeral

spring ephemeral noun: a plant that grows in the spring and goes dormant in summer.

Noun

spring ephemeral (plural spring ephemerals)

  1. A plant that grows in the spring and goes dormant in summer.
    • Every year on Earth Day, I try to go for a hike in the woods near my house. I look for tadpoles and admire the spring ephemerals.2020 April, Elizabeth Kolbert, “Why we won't avoid a climate catastrophehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/04/why-we-wont-avoid-a-climate-catastrophe-feature/”, in National Geographic

Forms of spring ephemeral

pluralspring ephemerals

Questions about spring ephemeral

What does spring ephemeral mean?
Spring ephemeral means a plant that grows in the spring and goes dormant in summer.
What part of speech is spring ephemeral?
Spring ephemeral is a noun.
What is the plural of spring ephemeral?
The plural of spring ephemeral is spring ephemerals.

Words near spring ephemeral in the dictionary

  1. spring constants
  2. Spring Creek
  3. spring dance
  4. spring dances
  5. spring destroying angel
  6. spring ephemeral
  7. spring ephemerals
  8. spring equinox
  9. spring equinoxes
  10. Spring Farm
  11. Spring Festival

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