long-day
[lawng-dey, long-]
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adjective Botany.
requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
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Origin of long-day
First recorded in 1915–20
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Examples from the Web for long-day
Historical Examples of long-day
With our present arrangement, we had these long-day marches every other day.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2Roald Amundsen
As he hastened out to trail the long-day bitter enemies, he was framing in his mind the preliminary answers for the coroner.
Laramie Holds the RangeFrank H. Spearman
So in general our winter work was about as restless and trying as that of the long-day summer.
The Story of My Boyhood and YouthJohn Muir
long-day
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