florigenn.
/ˈflɒrɪdʒən//ˈflɔːrɪdʒən/ Botany.
An unidentified hormone supposed to induce flowering in plants.
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1936 M. Kh. Chaĭlakhyan in Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. URSS XIII. 83 We may term this blossom forming or blossom hormone..florigen, meaning ‘blossom-former’.
1966 Austral. Jrnl. Sci. 29 427/1 Proposed bioassays for florigens cannot be tested because of the lack of isolated florigens.
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