vernal.

Belonging to or occurring in spring, or suggesting springlike renewal.

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Words that belong together

• the vernal equinox
• a vernal pool
• vernal growth

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Vernal pools filled in the hollows before the permanent stream began to rise.

A vernal brightness entered the orchard while the shaded road still held frost.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Non-gradable seasonal adjective; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.