short-day

[shawrt-dey]

adjective Botany.

requiring a short photoperiod.

Origin of short-day

First recorded in 1915–20

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British Dictionary definitions for short-day

short-day

adjective

(of plants) able to flower only if exposed to short periods of daylight (less than 12 hours), each followed by a long dark periodCompare long-day

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