Usually means: Seeds released in response to heat.
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  1. serotinous: Merriam-Webster
  2. serotinous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. serotinous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. serotinous: Wordnik
  5. serotinous: Wiktionary
  6. serotinous: Dictionary.com
  7. Serotinous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. serotinous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Serotinous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. serotinous: FreeDictionary.org
  11. serotinous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. serotinous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Serotinous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. serotinous: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (serotinous)

adjective:  (biology) Synonym of serotine (“developing at a later time or later in a season, especially than is customary with allied species; specifically (botany), of a plant: flowering late in a season”)
adjective:  (botany) Of conifer cones: requiring the heat of a wildfire to open, in order to disperse its seed.

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