The process of becoming club-shaped or the state of having a club-like shape, particularly in botanical structures.
From Latin 'clava' (club) + '-tion' (suffix forming nouns of action or result). Entered English scientific vocabulary in the 19th century for describing plant morphology.
In botany, clavation describes how certain plant parts gradually thicken toward their tips—like some fungal spores or the antennas of certain insects that look like tiny clubs.
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