Intercalary |ɪnˈtəːkəl(ə)ri, ˌɪntəˈkal(ə)ri|
adjective
1 (of a day or a month) inserted in the calendar to harmonize it with the solar year, e.g. 29 February in leap years. eighteen months of twenty days each and five intercalary days.
2 (of an academic year or period) additional to the standard course and taken at a different institution. the intercalary year is taken between the second and final years.
3 of the nature of an insertion. elaborate intercalary notes.
4 Botany (of the meristem of a plant) located between its daughter cells, especially (in a grass) at or near the base of a leaf.
