short-day plant

American  

noun

short-day plants plural

1. Botany. a plant that only flowers when it has been exposed to periods of darkness longer than a certain critical length. Compare day-neutral plant, long-day plant. See also photoperiodism.

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short-day plant Scientific  

1. A plant that flowers only after being exposed to light periods shorter than a certain critical length, as in early spring or fall. Chrysanthemums and strawberries are short-day plants.

2. Compare day-neutral plant long-day plant See more at photoperiodism

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Noun Inflected Forms

• short-day plants
  plural