Definition for short-day - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	short-day (short-day) adjective denoting a plant that needs a daily period of darkness of more than a certain length to initiate flowering, which therefore happens naturally as the days shorten in the autumn.		More words in this category adaxial arboriculture articulate calcifuge cirrus decurrent dissected flaccid hemiparasite hepatic ligulate mycorrhiza nucellus parenchyma rhizo- sieve element thallophyte trichome turion veil Nearby Words short view short waist short wave short weight short-acting short-arm short-arse short-change short-dated short-day short-eared owl short-fused short-handed short-lived short-pitched short-range short-run short-sheet short-sighted