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See also:INTERCALARY (from See also:Lat. intercalare, to proclaim, calare, the insertion of a See also:day in the See also:calendar) , a See also:term applied to a See also:month, See also:day or days inserted between other months or days in See also:order to adjust the reckoning of See also:time, based on the revolution of the See also:earth See also:round the See also:sun, the day, and of the See also:moon round the earth, the lunar month, to the revolution of the earth round the sun, the See also:solar See also:year (see See also:CALENDAR) . From the meaning of something inserted or placed between, See also:intercalary is used for something which interrupts a See also:series, or comes between two types . In See also:botany, the term is used of growth which is not apical but somewhere between the See also:apex and See also:base of an See also:organ, such as the growth in length of an See also:Iris See also:leaf, or of the internode of a grass-haulm . |
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