American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - adj. Of, relating to, or occurring in the spring. -
adj. Characteristic of or resembling spring. - adj. Fresh and
young; youthful. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. The
trade-name of diethylmalonvlurea, a colorless, crystalline
powder, used in medicine as a soporific. - Of or pertaining to
the spring; belonging to the spring; appearing in spring: as,
vernal bloom. - Of or belonging to youth, the springtime of
life. - In botany, appearing in spring: as, vernal flowers. -
Done or accomplished in spring: as, the vernal migration or molt
of birds GNU Webster's 1913 - adj. Of or pertaining to the
spring; appearing in the spring. - adj. Fig.: Belonging to
youth, the spring of life. - adj. suggestive of youth; vigorous
and fresh - adj. of or characteristic of or occurring in spring
- Entering English in the sense of “pertaining to spring” in
1534: From Latin vernālis ("of those things pertaining to the
spring"), from vernus ("of spring"), f