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vespertine - 3 dictionary results

ves⋅per⋅tine

[ves-per-tin, -tahyn]
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or occurring in the evening: vespertine stillness.
2. Botany. opening or expanding in the evening, as certain flowers.
3. Zoology. appearing or flying in the early evening; crepuscular.
Also, ves⋅per⋅ti⋅nal [ves-per-tahyn-l] .


Origin:
1495–1505; < L vespertīnus, equiv. to vesper vesper + -tīnus adj. suffix
ves·per·tine   (věs'pər-tīn')   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or occurring in the evening.
  2. Botany Opening or blooming in the evening.
  3. Zoology Becoming active in the evening, as bats and owls; crepuscular.

[Latin vespertīnus, from vesper, evening; see vesper.]

Vespertine

Ves"per*tine\, a. [L. vespertinus. See Vesper.]

1. Of or pertaining to the evening; happening or being in the evening. --Gray.

2. (Bot.) Blossoming in the evening.
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