plastochron
/ˈplastəkrɒn/(also plastochrone) Botany
noun
The interval of time between the initiation of leaf growth at two consecutive nodes in a growing shoot apex.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in New Phytologist. From German Plastochron from ancient Greek πλαστός formed, moulded + χρόνος time.
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