florigen

[ flawr-i-juhn, flohr- ]

noun

1. a hypothetical plant hormone produced in the leaves and transported to the apex to initiate flowering.

florigen

/ ˈflɒrɪdʒən /

noun

1. the hypothetical plant hormone that induces flowering, thought to be synthesized in the leaves as a photoperiodic response and transmitted to the flower buds

Other Words From

• flori·genic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of florigen¹

C20: from Latin flōr-, flōs flower + -gen

Example Sentences

Genome modifications that focus on the florigen system—the same genetic system that led to many of the crop improvements in the history of agriculture—“may yield the greatest return for crop improvement,” they conclude.

From Nautilus

Biologist Akiva Shalit-Kaneh of the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, working with Eshed and others, finds that florigen and antiflorigen also influence the growth pattern of stems.

From Nautilus