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florigen definition

☆ flori·gen (flôr′ə jən, -jen′)

noun

a plant hormone thought to stimulate the flowering of plants

Etymology: < L flos (gen. floris), flower + -gen: so named at California Institute of Technology

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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