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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vernal \Ver"nal\, adjective [L. vernalis, fr. vernus vernal, ver spring; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vasanta, Icel. v[=a]r, and E. Easter, east.]
1. Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.
2. Fig.: Belonging to youth, the spring of life.
When after the long vernal day of life. --Thomson.
And seems it hard thy vernal years Few vernal joys can show? --Keble.
{Vernal equinox} (Astron.), the time when the sun crosses the equator when proceeding northward.
{Vernal grass} (Bot.), a low, soft grass ({Anthoxanthum odoratum}), producing in the spring narrow spikelike panicles, and noted for the delicious fragrance which it gives to new-mown hay; -- also called {sweet vernal grass}. See Illust. in Appendix.
{Vernal signs} (Astron.), the signs, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, in which the sun appears between the vernal equinox and summer solstice.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
vernal
adjective
1: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh [syn: {youthful}]
2: of or characteristic of or occurring in spring; "the vernal equinox" [ant: {summery}, {autumnal}, {wintry}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "vernal": aestival, arctic, autumn, autumnal, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green, boreal, brumal, budding, callow, canicular, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, dewy, emerald, equinoctial, ever-new, evergreen, firsthand, fledgling, foliaged, fresh, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy, green, green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, greensick, growing, hibernal, hiemal, holly, immature, impubic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, intact, ivy, ivy-green, juicy, leafy, leaved, maiden, maidenly, midsummer, midwinter, minor, naive, neoteric, nestling, new, new-fledged, olivaceous, olive, olive-green, original, out of season, porraceous, pristine, raw, ripening, sappy, seasonal, sempervirent, smaragdine, solstitial, spring, springlike, summer, summerlike, summerly, summery, tender, unadult, unbeaten, underage, undeveloped, unfledged, unformed, unhandled, unlicked, unmellowed, unripe, unseasoned, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, verdant, verdurous, vernant, vert, virescent, virgin, virginal, winter, winterlike, wintery, wintry, yellowish-green, young
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Vernal, UT (city, FIPS 80090) Location: 40.45198 N, 109.53554 W Population (1990): 6644 (2845 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84078
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Vernal, UT -- U.S. city in Utah Population (2000): 7714 Housing Units (2000): 2957 Land area (2000): 4.582314 sq. miles (11.868137 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.582314 sq. miles (11.868137 sq. km) FIPS code: 80090 Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49 Location: 40.454758 N, 109.535471 W ZIP Codes (1990): 84078 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Vernal, UT Vernal
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