enation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
    cognation; matrilineage.
  2. noun a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
    plant process.

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E*na"tion noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

Webster 1913