intercalary

  1. Adjective.  of a day: extra day or days inserted into a calendar.
  2. Adjective.  of a month: extra month inserted into a calendar. The Hebrew calendar has such a month.
  3. Adjective.  (botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.

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