In botany and zoology, relating to organisms that are one year old or relating to growth that occurs within a one-year period, especially in trees.
From Latin 'annotinus' (of or pertaining to a year), derived from 'annus' (year). The suffix '-ous' (-osus in Latin) means 'full of' or 'characterized by,' making it slightly more emphatic than 'annotine.'
Foresters use 'annotinous' wood to mean the growth added in a single year—you can count tree rings and know exactly how old a tree is, but that year's growth is forever labeled with this ancient Latin term that means 'one-year.'
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