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  • 1short-day — [shôrtdā΄] adj. Bot. maturing and blooming under short periods of light and long periods of darkness …

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  • 2short-day plant — noun (botany) One that will flower only if the daily period of light is shorter than some critical length (cf ↑day neutral plant, ↑long day plant) • • • Main Entry: ↑short * * * short day plant «SHRT DAY», a plant that blooms only when its daily… …

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  • 3Short day plant — A short day plant is a plant that cannot flower under the long days of summer. Short day plants typically flower in the fall of the year. These plants require a certain number of hours of darkness in each 24 hour period (a short daylength) before …

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  • 4short-day plant — trumpadienis augalas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Augalas, kurio normaliam augimui ir raidai reikia trumpos dienos. atitikmenys: angl. short day plant rus. растение короткого дня …

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  • 5short-day — adjective Date: 1920 responding to or relating to a short photoperiod used especially of a plant; compare day neutral, long day …

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  • 6short-day — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : responding to a short photoperiod used especially of a plant * * * /shawrt day /, adj. Bot. requiring a short photoperiod. [1915 20] * * * adj. [attrib.] (of a plant) needing a daily period of darkness of more than a… …

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  • 7short-day — /shawrt day /, adj. Bot. requiring a short photoperiod. [1915 20] * * * …

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  • 8short-day plant — /ˈʃɔt deɪ plænt/ (say shawt day plant) noun a plant which requires a comparatively long period of darkness in a 24 hour period to initiate flowering; typically flowering in late summer or autumn as the nights lengthen and the daylight hours… …

  • 9short-day plant — A plant which will not flower until triggered to do so by exposure to one or a number of dark periods equal to or longer than its critical period. Other plant species are long day and some are daylength neutral. Genetic variation for daylength… …

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  • 10short-day — adjective (of a plant) needing a relatively long daily period of darkness to initiate flowering …

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